Proverbs 4:22
For they are life unto every one of those that find them, and to all his body a healing.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
In Context
21Let them not slip away from thy eyes: guard them in the midst of thy heart.
23Above all that is to be guarded, keep thy heart, for out of it are the issues of life.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:8It will be healing to thy body, and marrow to thy bones.
Proverbs 4:10Hear, O my son, and accept my sayings: and they will increase unto thee the years of life.
Jeremiah 33:6Behold, I will bring it healing and cure, and I will cure them, and I will display unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
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 →