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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16 When your words came, I ate(A) them;
    they were my joy and my heart’s delight,(B)
for I bear your name,(C)
    Lord God Almighty.

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10 For wisdom will enter your heart,(A)
    and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

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The lips of the wise spread knowledge,(A)
    but the hearts of fools are not upright.

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21 The lips of the righteous nourish many,
    but fools die for lack of sense.(A)

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Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say;
    I open my lips to speak what is right.

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103 How sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey(A) to my mouth!(B)

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15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice(A) of praise—the fruit of lips(B) that openly profess his name.

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38 Whoever believes(A) in me, as Scripture has said,(B) rivers of living water(C) will flow from within them.”[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:38 Or me. And let anyone drink 38 who believes in me.” As Scripture has said, “Out of him (or them) will flow rivers of living water.”

11 Like apples[a] of gold in settings of silver(A)
    is a ruling rightly given.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:11 Or possibly apricots

Saying 26

13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good;
    honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
14 Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:
    If you find it, there is a future hope for you,
    and your hope will not be cut off.(A)

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21 The wise in heart are called discerning,
    and gracious words promote instruction.[a](A)

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  1. Proverbs 16:21 Or words make a person persuasive

13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,(A)
    but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense.(B)

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17 Her ways are pleasant ways,
    and all her paths are peace.(A)

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171 May my lips overflow with praise,(A)
    for you teach me(B) your decrees.

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162 I rejoice(A) in your promise
    like one who finds great spoil.(B)

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111 Your statutes are my heritage forever;
    they are the joy of my heart.(A)

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13 With my lips I recount
    all the laws that come from your mouth.(A)

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10 They are more precious than gold,(A)
    than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,(B)
    than honey from the honeycomb.(C)

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18 For I am full of words,
    and the spirit(A) within me compels me;(B)
19 inside I am like bottled-up wine,
    like new wineskins ready to burst.(C)

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“For the lips of a priest(A) ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger(B) of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth.(C)

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