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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.

18 for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart
    and have all of them ready on your lips.

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