Proverbs 22:18

New American Bible - revised edition

For it will be well if you hold them within you, if they all are ready on your lips.

Cross References

Psalm 119:103

How sweet to my tongue is your promise, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Psalm 119:111

Your testimonies are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.

Psalm 119:13

With my lips I recite all the judgments you have spoken.

Psalm 119:162

I rejoice at your promise, as one who has found rich spoil.

Psalm 119:171

May my lips pour forth your praise, because you teach me your statutes.

Psalm 19:10

The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The statutes of the Lord are true, all of them just;

Proverbs 10:13

On the lips of the intelligent is found wisdom, but a rod for the back of one without sense.

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the just nourish many, but fools die for want of sense.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of fools is not steadfast.

Proverbs 16:21

The wise of heart is esteemed for discernment, and pleasing speech gains a reputation for learning.

Proverbs 2:10

For wisdom will enter your heart, knowledge will be at home in your soul,

Proverbs 22:19

That your trust may be in the Lord, I make them known to you today—yes, to you.

Proverbs 25:11

Golden apples in silver settings are words spoken at the proper time.

Proverbs 3:17

Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace;

Proverbs 4:20

My son, to my words be attentive, to my sayings incline your ear;

Proverbs 4:21

Let them not slip from your sight, keep them within your heart;

Proverbs 8:6

Listen! for noble things I speak; my lips proclaim honest words.

Jeremiah 15:16

When I found your words, I devoured them; your words were my joy, the happiness of my heart, Because I bear your name, Lord, God of hosts.

Malachi 2:7

For a priest’s lips preserve knowledge, and instruction is to be sought from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

John 7:38

Whoever believes in me, as scripture says: ‘Rivers of living water will flow from within him.’”

Hebrews 13:15

Through him [then] let us continually offer God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.