Proverbs 22:18 Cross References - MSB

¹⁸ for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.

¹⁸ For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me. ¹⁹ Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.

¹⁰ They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.

¹³ With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.

¹⁰³ How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth!

¹¹¹ Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

¹⁶² I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.

¹⁷¹ My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.

¹⁰ For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.

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

⁶ Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.

¹³ Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.

²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

⁷ The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.

²¹ The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction.

¹³ Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste. ¹⁴ Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.

¹¹ A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

¹⁶ Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.

⁷ For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

³⁸ Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”

¹⁵ Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.