Proverbs 3:8
It will be healing to thy body, and marrow to thy bones.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
In Context
7Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
9Honor the Lord with thy wealth, and with the first-fruits of all thy products:
Cross References
Job 21:24His vessels being full of healthy fluid, and the marrow of his bones being well moistened:
Proverbs 4:22For they are life unto every one of those that find them, and to all his body a healing.
Isaiah 1:6From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores: they have not been closed, nor bound up, nor mollified with oil.
Ezekiel 16:4And as for thy birth, on the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, nor wast thou washed in water to he cleansed; and thou wast not rubbed with salt, nor wrapt in swaddling clothes.
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 →