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Proverbs 22:18

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22:18For it is pleasing if47 you keep these sayings48 within you,

and49 they are ready on your lips.50

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Footnotes

  1. 47 Or “when” (so ).
  2. 48 Heb “keep them,” referring to the words of the wise expressed in these sayings. The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. 49 The term “and” does not appear in the Hebrew but is supplied in the translation.
  4. 50 If the teachings are preserved in the heart/mind of the disciple, then that individual will always be ready to speak what was retained.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

if all of them are ready on your lips.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart

and have all of them ready on your lips.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For it is pleasing if you keep them within you

and if they are constantly on your lips.

NLTNew Living Translation

For it is good to keep these sayings in your heart

and always ready on your lips.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For it is pleasant if you guard them within you;

together they will be ready upon your lips.

KJV 1900King James Version

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

They shall withal be fitted in thy lips.