How sweet to my taste has Your word been, More than honey to my mouth!
Proverbs 22:18 - The Scriptures 2009 For they are pleasant If you guard them within you; Let all of them be ready on your lips. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; They shall withal be fitted in thy lips. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For it will be pleasant if you keep them in your mind [believing them]; your lips will be accustomed to [confessing] them. American Standard Version (1901) For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips. Common English Bible It will be pleasant if you keep the words in you, if you have them ready on your lips. Catholic Public Domain Version It shall be beautiful to you, if you preserve it in your inner self, and it shall overflow from your lips, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips: |
How sweet to my taste has Your word been, More than honey to my mouth!
Your witnesses are my inheritance forever, For they are the joy of my heart.
More desirable than gold, Than much fine gold; And sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.
Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has understanding, But a rod is for the back of him who lacks heart.
The lips of the righteous shepherd many, But fools die for lack of heart.
The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, But the heart of fools is not so.
The wise-hearted is called discerning, And sweetness of lips increases learning.
For wisdom would enter your heart, And knowledge be pleasant to your being,
That your trust might be in יהוה, I caused you to know today, even you:
A word spoken at the right time Is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Let them not depart from your eyes; Guard them in the midst of your heart;
“Listen, for I speak noble words, And the opening of my lips is about straightness;
Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart. For Your Name is called on me, O יהוה Elohim of hosts.
“For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and they seek the Torah from his mouth, for he is the messenger of יהוה of hosts.
“As the Scripture said, out of His innermost shall flow rivers of living water.”
Through Him then, let us continually offer up a slaughter offering of praise to Elohim, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His Name.