Proverbs 22:18 Cross References - ISV

¹⁸ for it is pleasant when you treasure them within you and have them ready on your lips.

¹⁸ because I’m filled with things to say, and my spirit within me compels me to speak. ¹⁹ My insides feel like unvented wine, like it’s about to burst like a new wineskin.

¹⁰ They are more desirable than gold, even much fine gold. They are sweeter than honey, even the drippings from a honeycomb.

¹³ I have spoken with my lips about all your decrees that you have announced.

¹⁰³ How pleasing is what you have to say to me— tasting better than honey.

¹¹¹ I have inherited your decrees forever, because they are the joy of my heart.

¹⁶² I find joy at what you have said like one who has discovered a great treasure.

¹⁷¹ May my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.

¹⁰ For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

¹⁷ Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peaceful.

⁶ Listen, because I have noble things to say, and what I have to say will reveal what is right.

¹³ Wisdom characterizes the speech of the discerning, but the rod is for the backs of those lacking discernment.

²¹ What the righteous person says nourishes many, but fools die because they lack discerning hearts.

⁷ What the wise have to say disseminates knowledge, but it’s not in the heart of fools to do so.

²¹ The wise-hearted person is told to be discerning, and that pleasant speech promotes instruction.

¹³ My son, eat honey, because it’s good for you; indeed, drippings from the honeycomb are sweet to your taste; ¹⁴ Keep in mind that wisdom is like that for your soul; if you find it, there will be a future for you, and what you hope for won’t be cut short.

¹¹ Like golden apples set in silver is a word spoken at the right time.

¹⁶ Your words were found, and I consumed them. Your words were joy and my hearts delight, because I bear your name, LORD God of the Heavenly Armies.

⁷ For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he’s the messenger of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

³⁸ The one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have rivers of living water flowing from his heart.”

¹⁵ Therefore, through him let us always bring God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips that confess his name.