Proverbs 22:18
for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
In context
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. 16 Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
17 Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge, 18 for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips. 19 That your trust may be in the Lord, I have made them known to you today, even to you. 20 Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge, 21 to make you know what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 22:18 in the KJV
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; They shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 22:18 in the NIV
for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips.