Proverbs 22:18
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
KJV
quæ pulchra erit tibi cum servaveris eam in ventre tuo, et redundabit in labiis tuis :
Vulgate
καὶ ἐὰν ἐμβάλῃς αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν καρδίαν σου, εὐφρανοῦσίν σε ἅμα ἐπὶ σοῖς χείλεσιν·
LXX
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
ASV
כִּֽי נָ֭עִים כִּֽי תִשְׁמְרֵ֣/ם בְּ/בִטְנֶ֑/ךָ יִכֹּ֥נוּ יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו עַל שְׂפָתֶֽי/ךָ
Hebrew
Open in reader with connections →
In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
י
y
noun · 72×
י
y
noun · 177×
יַחְדָּ֑ו
ychdv
noun · 141×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נָכ֣וֹן
nkvn
verb · 217×
נְּעִימִֽים
n'ymym
adjective · 13×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Jer 15:16 — Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
- Prov 2:10 — When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
- Prov 3:17 — Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
- Prov 8:6 — Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
- Prov 10:21 — The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
- Prov 15:7 — The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
- Prov 18:20 — A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
- Prov 24:14 — So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
- Ps 119:103 — How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!