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Proverbs 22:18–19

18  for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,

if all of them are ready on your lips.

19  That your trust may be in the Lord,

I have made them known to you today, even to you.

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Proverbs 22:18–19 — The New International Version (NIV)

18 for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart

and have all of them ready on your lips.

19 So that your trust may be in the Lord,

I teach you today, even you.

Proverbs 22:18–19 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Proverbs 22:18–19 — New Living Translation (NLT)

18 For it is good to keep these sayings in your heart

and always ready on your lips.

19 I am teaching you today—yes, you—

so you will trust in the Lord.

Proverbs 22:18–19 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you;

Let them all be fixed upon your lips,

19 So that your trust may be in the Lord;

I have instructed you today, even you.

Proverbs 22:18–19 — New Century Version (NCV)

18 It will be good to keep these things in mind

so that you are ready to repeat them.

19 I am teaching them to you now

so that you will put your trust in the Lord.

Proverbs 22:18–19 — American Standard Version (ASV)

18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee,

If they be established together upon thy lips.

19 That thy trust may be in Jehovah,

I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.

Proverbs 22:18–19 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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.

Proverbs 22:18–19 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

18 It is pleasant if you keep them in mind 

⸤so that⸥ they will be on the tip of your tongue, 

19 so that your trust may be in the Lord

Today I have made them known to you, especially to you. 

Proverbs 22:18–19 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

18 For it is pleasing if you keep them within you

and if they are constantly on your lips.

19 I have instructed you today—even you—

so that your confidence may be in the Lord.

Proverbs 22:18–19 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

18 for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,

if all of them are ready on your lips.

19 So that your trust may be in the Lord,

I have made them known to you today—yes, to you.

Proverbs 22:18–19 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

18 For it is pleasant if you guard them within you;

together they will be ready upon your lips.

19 In order for your trust to be in Yahweh,

I have made them known to you today—even you.

Proverbs 22:18–19 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

18 It is pleasing when you keep them in your heart.

Have all of them ready on your lips.

19 You are the one I am teaching today.

I want you to trust in the Lord.

Proverbs 22:18–19 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

18 For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,

That they may be ready on your lips.

19 So that your trust may be in the Lord,

I have taught you today, even you.


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