King James Version
Proverbs 22:18 in the King James Version says “For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. within: Heb. in thy b...” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. within: Heb. in thy belly”
Proverbs 22:18 · KJV
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. within: Heb. in thy belly
That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. even: or, trust thou also
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For it is a pleasant thing”
H5273delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“if thou keep”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“them within”
H990the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
“be fitted”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“in thy lips”
H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
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