Proverbs 22:18

כִּֽי ־ נָעִים כִּֽי ־ תִשְׁמְרֵם בְּבִטְנֶךָ יִכֹּנוּ יַחְדָּו עַל ־ שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

17הַט אָזְנְךָ וּשְׁמַע דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים וְלִבְּךָ תָּשִׁית לְדַעְתִּֽי ׃

19לִהְיוֹת בַּיהוָה מִבְטַחֶךָ הוֹדַעְתִּיךָ הַיּוֹם אַף ־ אָֽתָּה ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 19:10יִרְאַת יְהוָה ׀ טְהוֹרָה עוֹמֶדֶת לָעַד מִֽשְׁפְּטֵי ־ יְהוָה אֱמֶת צָֽדְקוּ יַחְדָּֽו ׃

Psalms 119:103מַה ־ נִּמְלְצוּ לְחִכִּי אִמְרָתֶךָ מִדְּבַשׁ לְפִֽי ׃

Psalms 119:162שָׂשׂ אָנֹכִֽי עַל ־ אִמְרָתֶךָ כְּמוֹצֵא שָׁלָל רָֽב ׃

Proverbs 2:10כִּֽי ־ תָבוֹא חָכְמָה בְלִבֶּךָ וְדַעַת לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ יִנְעָֽם ׃

Proverbs 4:20בְּנִי לִדְבָרַי הַקְשִׁיבָה לַאֲמָרַי הַט ־ אָזְנֶֽךָ ׃

Proverbs 8:6שִׁמְעוּ כִּֽי ־ נְגִידִים אֲדַבֵּר וּמִפְתַּח שְׂפָתַי מֵישָׁרִֽים ׃

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 →

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