Proverbs 22:18

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

For (it is) a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee (in thy breast; cf. margin); they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. Or supply 'if.' 'If they shall be equally [ yachdaaw (H3162)] fitted in (i:e., aptly expressed by) thy lips,' as they are kept within thy heart. The sweetness or pleasantness of godly "knowledge is:

(1) if it be treasured in the inmost heart (Proverbs 2:10; Psalms 19:10; Psalms 119:103);

(2) if it be happily fitted with words of the lips (Psalms 119:171; Matthew 12:34; Colossians 3:16).