Proverbs 22:18
that you may know that they are good: and if you lay them to heart, they shall also gladden you on your lips.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
In Context
17Incline your ear to the words of wise men: hear also my word, and apply your heart,
19That your hope may be in the Lord, and he may make your way known to you.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:10For if wisdom shall come into your understanding, and discernment shall seem pleasing to your soul,
Proverbs 4:20My son, attend to my speech; and apply your ear to my words:
Proverbs 8:6Listen to me; for I will speak solemn truths; and will produce right sayings from my lips.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:18-22
Serious Attention Inculcated. 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. 19 That thy trust may be in the Lord , I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that… Read the whole commentary →