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Proverbs 22:18
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.
Proverbs 22:18 · Darby Bible
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Proverbs 22:18 in other translations
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
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In context
15 Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
16 He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, [bringeth] only to want.
17 Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.
19 That thy confidence may be in Jehovah, I have made [them] 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 carry back words of truth to them that send thee?
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