Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of the one who lacks sense.
Proverbs 22:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For it is pleasing if you keep them within you and if they are constantly on your lips. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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: |
Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of the one who lacks sense.
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
The lips of the wise broadcast knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.
Anyone with a wise heart is called discerning, and pleasant speech increases learning.
I have instructed you today #– #even you – so that your confidence may be in the Lord.
A word spoken at the right time is like gold apples in silver settings.
Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became a delight to me and the joy of my heart, for I bear your name, Lord God of Armies.
For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should desire instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Armies.
The one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him.’
Therefore, through him let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.