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18 For it is pleasing if[a] you keep these sayings[b] within you,
and[c] they are ready on your lips.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:18 tn Or “when” (so NIV).
  2. Proverbs 22:18 tn Heb “keep them,” referring to the words of the wise expressed in these sayings. The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. Proverbs 22:18 tn The term “and” does not appear in the Hebrew but is supplied in the translation.
  4. Proverbs 22:18 sn If the teachings are preserved in the heart/mind of the disciple, then that individual will always be ready to speak what was retained.