Proverbs 22:18

Geneva Bible (1560)

For it shalbe pleasant, if thou keepe them in thy bellie, and if they be directed together in thy lippes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 2:10 : 10 When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule,
  • Prov 3:17 : 17 Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie.
  • Prov 8:6 : 6 Giue eare, for I will speake of excellent things, and the opening of my lippes, shall teache things that be right.
  • Prov 10:13 : 13 In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding wisdome is founde, and a rod shalbe for the backe of him that is destitute of wisedome.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The lippes of the righteous doe feede many: but fooles shall die for want of wisedome.
  • Prov 15:7 : 7 The lippes of the wise doe spread abroade knowledge: but ye heart of the foolish doth not so.
  • Prov 16:21 : 21 The wise in heart shall bee called prudent: and the sweetenesse of the lippes shall increase doctrine.
  • Prov 24:13-14 : 13 My sonne, eate hony, for it is good, and the hony combe, for it is sweete vnto thy mouth. 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdome be vnto thy soule, if thou finde it, and there shall be an ende, and thine hope shall not be cut off.
  • Prov 25:11 : 11 A word spoken in his place, is like apples of golde with pictures of siluer.
  • Jer 15:16 : 16 Thy wordes were founde by me, and I did eate them, and thy worde was vnto me the ioy and reioycing of mine heart: for thy Name is called vpon me, O Lord God of hostes.
  • Mal 2:7 : 7 For the Priestes lippes shoulde preserue knowledge, and they shoulde seeke the Lawe at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lorde of hostes.
  • John 7:38 : 38 Hee that beleeueth in mee, as saith the Scripture, out of his bellie shall flowe riuers of water of life.
  • Heb 13:15 : 15 Let vs therefore by him offer the sacrifice of prayse alwaies to God, that is, the fruite of the lippes, which confesse his Name.
  • Job 32:18-19 : 18 For I am full of matter, and the spirite within me compelleth me. 19 Beholde, my belly is as the wine, which hath no vent, and like the new bottels that brast.
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 And more to be desired then golde, yea, then much fine golde: sweeter also then honie and the honie combe.
  • Ps 119:13 : 13 With my lippes haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.
  • Ps 119:111 : 111 Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.
  • Ps 119:162 : 162 I reioyce at thy worde, as one that findeth a great spoyle.
  • Ps 119:171 : 171 My lippes shall speake praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

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 That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.

  • Prov 22:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

    19 That thy confidence may be in the Lord, I haue shewed thee this day: thou therefore take heede.

    20 Haue not I written vnto thee three times in counsels and knowledge,

  • Prov 23:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15 My sonne, if thine heart be wise, mine heart shall reioyce, and I also.

    16 And my reynes shall reioyce, when thy lips speake righteous things.

  • Prov 4:20-22
    3 verses
    77%

    20 My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.

    21 Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keepe them in the middes of thine heart.

    22 For they are life vnto those that find them, and health vnto all their flesh.

  • Job 22:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21 Therefore acquaint thy selfe, I pray thee, with him, and make peace: thereby thou shalt haue prosperitie.

    22 Receiue, I pray thee, the law of his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine heart.

  • Prov 16:21
    76%

    21 The wise in heart shall bee called prudent: and the sweetenesse of the lippes shall increase doctrine.

  • Prov 2:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10 When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule,

    11 Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,

    2 And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,

  • Prov 16:23-24
    2 verses
    76%

    23 The heart of the wise guideth his mouth wisely, and addeth doctrine to his lippes.

    24 Faire wordes are as an hony combe, sweetenesse to the soule, and health to the bones.

  • Prov 3:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21 My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.

    22 So they shalbe life to thy soule, and grace vnto thy necke.

  • Prov 22:17
    75%

    17 Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.

  • Prov 3:2-4
    3 verses
    75%

    2 For they shall increase the length of thy dayes and the yeeres of life, and thy prosperitie.

    3 Let not mercie and trueth forsake thee: binde them on thy necke, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.

    4 So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.

  • Prov 4:24
    75%

    24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.

  • Prov 6:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21 Binde them alway vpon thine heart, and tye them about thy necke.

    22 It shall leade thee, when thou walkest: it shall watch for thee, when thou sleepest, and when thou wakest, it shall talke with thee.

  • Prov 7:3
    74%

    3 Binde them vpon thy fingers, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.

  • Prov 1:9
    74%

    9 For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.

  • Ps 31:20
    74%

    20 Thou doest hide them priuily in thy presence from the pride of men: thou keepest them secretly in thy Tabernacle from the strife of tongues.

  • Prov 7:1
    74%

    1 My sonne, keepe my wordes, & hide my commandements with thee.

  • Ps 19:11
    73%

    11 Moreouer by them is thy seruant made circumspect, and in keeping of them there is great reward.

  • Ps 34:13
    73%

    13 Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lips, that they speake no guile.

  • Prov 21:23
    73%

    23 He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soule from afflictions.

  • Deut 11:18
    73%

    18 Therefore shal ye lay vp these my words in your heart and in your soule, and binde them for a signe vpon your hand, that they may be as a frontlet betweene your eyes,

  • Ps 119:103
    72%

    103 Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.

  • Prov 18:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20 With the fruite of a mans mouth shall his belly be satisfied, and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

    21 Death & life are in the power of ye tongue, and they that loue it, shal eate the fruite thereof.

  • Prov 3:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17 Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie.

    18 She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.

  • Prov 16:13
    72%

    13 Righteous lips are the delite of Kings, and the King loueth him that speaketh right things.

  • Prov 20:15
    72%

    15 There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lips of knowledge are a precious iewel.

  • Prov 8:6
    72%

    6 Giue eare, for I will speake of excellent things, and the opening of my lippes, shall teache things that be right.

  • Job 20:13
    72%

    13 And fauoured it, and would not forsake it, but kept it close in his mouth,

  • Ps 141:3
    72%

    3 Set a watch, O Lorde, before my mouth, and keepe the doore of my lips.

  • Ps 119:171
    72%

    171 My lippes shall speake praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

  • Prov 23:12
    72%

    12 Apply thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of knowledge.

  • Prov 4:5
    72%

    5 Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.

  • Prov 15:23
    71%

    23 A ioy commeth to a man by the answere of his mouth: and how good is a word in due seaso?

  • Prov 14:3
    71%

    3 In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.

  • Prov 24:14
    71%

    14 So shall the knowledge of wisdome be vnto thy soule, if thou finde it, and there shall be an ende, and thine hope shall not be cut off.