18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-21)Solomon here changes his style and manner of speaking. Hitherto, for the most part, since the beginning of Prov. 10:1; he had laid down doctrinal truths, and but now and then dropped a word of exhortation, leaving us to make the application as we went along; but here, to the end of Prov. 22:17-24:34; he directs his speech to his son, his pupil, his reader, his hearer, speaking as to a particular p…
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