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Selected Verse: Proverbs 22:18 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Pr 22:18	King James	For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
These lessons must be laid up in the mind, and fitted--or better, "fixed" in the lips so as to be ever ready.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

These lessons must be laid up in the mind, and

fitted--or better, "fixed" in the lips so as to be ever ready.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
What is "pleasant" in the sight of God and man is the union of two things, belief passing into profession, profession resting on belief.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

What is "pleasant" in the sight of God and man is the union of two things, belief passing into profession, profession resting on belief.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Fitted - Fitly expressed: thou wilt be able to discourse profitably of them.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Fitted - Fitly expressed: thou wilt be able to discourse profitably of them.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee - II. The pleasure and profit which may be derived from an attentive hearing. 1. They should be laid up in the heart-stored, treasured up within thee. 2. This will yield high satisfaction and happiness to the soul: "For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee." 3. The man who thus attends to the teachings of wisdom shall gain an experimental knowledge of them, so as to be able to speak of them suitably, pertinently and persuasively. "They shall withal be fitted in thy lips."

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee -

II. The pleasure and profit which may be derived from an attentive hearing.

1. They should be laid up in the heart-stored, treasured up within thee.

2. This will yield high satisfaction and happiness to the soul: "For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee."

3. The man who thus attends to the teachings of wisdom shall gain an experimental knowledge of them, so as to be able to speak of them suitably, pertinently and persuasively. "They shall withal be fitted in thy lips."

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