Proverbs 4:22
For they are life to those that find them, and + 4:22 Or, healing.health to all their flesh.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
In Context
21that thy fountains may not fail thee; keep them in thine heart.
23Keep thine heart with the utmost care; for out of these are the issues of life.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:8Then shall there be health to thy body, and good keeping to thy bones.
Proverbs 4:10Hear, my son, and receive my words; and the years of thy life shall be increased, that the resources of thy life may be many.
Jeremiah 33:6then will I make this house as Selo, and I will make this city a curse to all the nations of all the earth.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:21-27
Parental Instructions. 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and… Read the whole commentary →