Proverbs 22:18
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Berean Study Bible
for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.

Young's Literal Translation
For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.

King James Bible
For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

Hebrew
for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

it is pleasing
נָ֭עִים (nā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 5273: Pleasant, delightful

when
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you keep
תִשְׁמְרֵ֣ם (ṯiš·mə·rêm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

them within you
בְּבִטְנֶ֑ךָ (bə·ḇiṭ·ne·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 990: The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything

and they are constantly
יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו (yaḥ·dāw)
Adverb
Strong's 3162: A unit, unitedly

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

your lips.
שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃ (śə·p̄ā·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - fdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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