Proverbs 22:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 2:10 : 10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.
  • Prov 3:17 : 17 Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
  • Prov 8:6 : 6 Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right.
  • Prov 10:13 : 13 Wisdom is found in the words of the discerning person, but the one who lacks sense will be disciplined.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of sense.
  • Prov 15:7 : 7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.
  • Prov 16:21 : 21 The one who is wise in heart is called discerning, and kind speech increases persuasiveness.
  • Prov 24:13-14 : 13 Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste. 14 Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you have found it, you have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
  • Prov 25:11 : 11 Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken.
  • Jer 15:16 : 16 As your words came to me I drank them in, and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you, O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Mal 2:7 : 7 For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him because he is the messenger of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • John 7:38 : 38 let the one who believes in me drink. Just as the scripture says,‘From within him will flow rivers of living water.’”
  • Heb 13:15 : 15 Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.
  • Job 32:18-19 : 18 For I am full of words, and the spirit within me constrains me. 19 Inside I am like wine which has no outlet, like new wineskins ready to burst!
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.
  • Ps 119:13 : 13 With my lips I proclaim all the regulations you have revealed.
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 Your words are sweeter in my mouth than honey!
  • Ps 119:111 : 111 I claim your rules as my permanent possession, for they give me joy.
  • Ps 119:162 : 162 I rejoice in your instructions, like one who finds much plunder.
  • Ps 119:171 : 171 May praise flow freely from my lips, for you teach me your statutes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 5:2
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    2in order to safeguard discretion, and that your lips may guard knowledge.

  • Prov 22:19-20
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    19So that your confidence may be in the LORD, I hereby make them known to you today– even you.

    20Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,

  • Prov 23:15-16
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    77%

    15My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;

    16my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

  • Prov 4:20-22
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    20My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings.

    21Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;

    22for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body.

  • Job 22:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21“Reconcile yourself with God, and be at peace with him; in this way your prosperity will be good.

    22Accept instruction from his mouth and store up his words in your heart.

  • Prov 16:21
    76%

    21The one who is wise in heart is called discerning, and kind speech increases persuasiveness.

  • Prov 2:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.

    11Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,

  • Prov 2:1-2
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    76%

    1Benefits of Seeking Wisdom My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands inside yourself,

    2by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,

  • Prov 16:23-24
    2 verses
    76%

    23A wise person’s heart makes his speech wise and it adds persuasiveness to his words.

    24Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

  • Prov 3:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.

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

  • Prov 22:17
    75%

    17The Sayings of the Wise Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my instruction.

  • Prov 3:2-4
    3 verses
    75%

    2for they will provide a long and full life, and well-being for you.

    3Do not let mercy and truth leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

    4Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.

  • Prov 4:24
    75%

    24Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

  • Prov 6:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.

    22When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.

  • Prov 7:3
    74%

    3Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart.

  • Prov 1:9
    74%

    9For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.

  • Ps 31:20
    74%

    20You hide them with you, where they are safe from the attacks of men; you conceal them in a shelter, where they are safe from slanderous attacks.

  • Prov 7:1
    74%

    1Admonition to Avoid the Wiles of the Adulteress My child, devote yourself to my words and store up my commands inside yourself.

  • Ps 19:11
    73%

    11Yes, your servant finds moral guidance there; those who obey them receive a rich reward.

  • Ps 34:13
    73%

    13Then make sure you don’t speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

  • Prov 21:23
    73%

    23The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.

  • Deut 11:18
    73%

    18Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols on your forehead.

  • Ps 119:103
    72%

    103Your words are sweeter in my mouth than honey!

  • Prov 18:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20From the fruit of a person’s mouth his stomach will be satisfied, with the product of his lips he will be satisfied.

    21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.

  • Prov 3:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.

    18She is like a tree of life to those who grasp onto her, and everyone who takes hold of her will be blessed.

  • Prov 16:13
    72%

    13The delight of a king is righteous counsel, and he will love the one who speaks uprightly.

  • Prov 20:15
    72%

    15There is gold, and an abundance of rubies, but words of knowledge are like a precious jewel.

  • Prov 8:6
    72%

    6Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right.

  • Job 20:13
    72%

    13if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,

  • Ps 141:3
    72%

    3O LORD, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!

  • Ps 119:171
    72%

    171May praise flow freely from my lips, for you teach me your statutes.

  • Prov 23:12
    72%

    12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 4:5
    72%

    5Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

  • Prov 15:23
    71%

    23A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time– how good it is!

  • Prov 14:3
    71%

    3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

  • Prov 24:14
    71%

    14Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you have found it, you have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.