Bible verse
for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
Proverbs 22:18 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 22.
14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—
18 for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
19 So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
20 Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
21 to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
22 Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
KJV
For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
ASV
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
ERV
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips.
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