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 -
II. The pleasure and profit which may be derived from an attentive hearing.
1. They should be laid up in the heart-stored, treasured up within thee.
2. This will yield high satisfaction and happiness to the soul: "For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee."
3. The man who thus attends to the teachings of wisdom shall gain an experimental knowledge of them, so as to be able to speak of them suitably, pertinently and persuasively. "They shall withal be fitted in thy lips."