Proverbs 3:8
This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
In Context
9Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:
Cross References
Job 21:24His buckets are full of milk, and there is no loss of strength in his bones.
Proverbs 4:22For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.
Isaiah 1:6The body, from head to foot, is all diseased; it is a mass of open wounds, marks of blows, and broken flesh: the flow of blood has not been stopped, and no oil has been put on the wounds.
Ezekiel 16:4As for your birth, on the day of your birth your cord was not cut and you were not washed in water to make you clean; you were not salted or folded in linen bands.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:8-13
Consecration to God. 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord , and depart from evil. 8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. 9 Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. 11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord ; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. We have… Read the whole commentary →