Proverbs 22:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 2:10 : 10 For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;
  • Prov 3:17 : 17 Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.
  • Prov 8:6 : 6 Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.
  • Prov 10:13 : 13 In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.
  • Prov 15:7 : 7 The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.
  • Prov 16:21 : 21 The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.
  • Prov 24:13-14 : 13 My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste: 14 So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
  • Prov 25:11 : 11 A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver.
  • Jer 15:16 : 16 But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.
  • Mal 2:7 : 7 For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.
  • John 7:38 : 38 He who has faith in me, out of his body, as the Writings have said, will come rivers of living water.
  • Heb 13:15 : 15 Let us then make offerings of praise to God at all times through him, that is to say, the fruit of lips giving witness to his name.
  • Job 32:18-19 : 18 For I am full of words, I am unable to keep in my breath any longer: 19 My stomach is like wine which is unable to get out; like skins full of new wine, it is almost burst.
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.
  • Ps 119:13 : 13 With my lips have I made clear all the decisions of your mouth.
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!
  • Ps 119:111 : 111 I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal heritage; for it is the joy of my heart.
  • Ps 119:162 : 162 I am delighted by your saying, like a man who makes discovery of great wealth.
  • Ps 119:171 : 171 Let my lips be flowing with praise, because you have given me knowledge of your rules.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 5:2
    79%

    2 So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

  • Prov 22:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

    19 So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you.

    20 Have I not put in writing for you thirty sayings, with wise suggestions and knowledge,

  • Prov 23:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15 My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

    16 And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.

  • Prov 4:20-22
    3 verses
    77%

    20 My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.

    21 Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.

    22 For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.

  • Job 22:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21 Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.

    22 Be pleased to take teaching from his mouth, and let his words be stored up in your heart.

  • Prov 16:21
    76%

    21 The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.

  • Prov 2:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10 For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

    11 Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

    2 So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

  • Prov 16:23-24
    2 verses
    76%

    23 The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

    24 Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

  • Prov 3:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21 My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

    22 So they will be life for your soul, and grace for your neck.

  • Prov 22:17
    75%

    17 Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

  • Prov 3:2-4
    3 verses
    75%

    2 For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.

    3 Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

    4 So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

  • Prov 4:24
    75%

    24 Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

  • Prov 6:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21 Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.

    22 In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.

  • Prov 7:3
    74%

    3 Let them be fixed to your fingers, and recorded in your heart.

  • Prov 1:9
    74%

    9 For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.

  • Ps 31:20
    74%

    20 You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.

  • Prov 7:1
    74%

    1 My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.

  • Ps 19:11
    73%

    11 By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.

  • Ps 34:13
    73%

    13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

  • Prov 21:23
    73%

    23 He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Deut 11:18
    73%

    18 So keep these words deep in your heart and in your soul, and have them fixed on your hand for a sign and marked on your brow;

  • Ps 119:103
    72%

    103 How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!

  • Prov 18:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20 With the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach will be full; the produce of his lips will be his in full measure.

    21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.

  • Prov 3:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17 Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.

    18 She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.

  • Prov 16:13
    72%

    13 Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him.

  • Prov 20:15
    72%

    15 There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.

  • Prov 8:6
    72%

    6 Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.

  • Job 20:13
    72%

    13 Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;

  • Ps 141:3
    72%

    3 O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

  • Ps 119:171
    72%

    171 Let my lips be flowing with praise, because you have given me knowledge of your rules.

  • Prov 23:12
    72%

    12 Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 4:5
    72%

    5 Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 15:23
    71%

    23 A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

  • Prov 14:3
    71%

    3 In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

  • Prov 24:14
    71%

    14 So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.