How sweet is Your word to my taste— yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Proverbs 22:18 - Tree of Life Version For it is delightful if you keep them within you, ready 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: |
How sweet is Your word to my taste— yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Your testimonies I have as a heritage forever, for they are my heart’s joy.
The fear of Adonai is clean, enduring forever. The judgments of Adonai are true and altogether righteous.
Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of one lacking sense.
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of understanding.
The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.
The wise in heart is called discerning, and sweetness of lips increases persuasiveness.
For wisdom will enter your heart and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
So that your trust may be in Adonai, I made them known to you this day, even you.
Listen, for I speak excellent things, and my lips utter right things.
Your words were found, so I ate them. Your words were a delight to me and the joy of my heart. For I am called by Your Name, Adonai-Elohei-Tzva’ot.
For a kohen’s lips should guard knowledge, and instruction must be sought from his mouth. For he is a messenger of Adonai-Tzva’ot.
Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture says, ‘out of his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’”
Through Yeshua then, let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips giving thanks to His name.