Proverbs 4:22
For they [are] life to those finding them, || And healing to all their flesh.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
In Context
21Do not let them turn aside from your eyes, || Preserve them in the midst of your heart.
23Above every charge keep your heart, || For out of it [are] the outgoings of life.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:8It is healing to your navel, || And moistening to your bones.
Proverbs 4:10Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, || And years of life [are] multiplied to you.
Jeremiah 33:6Behold, I am increasing health and cure to it, || And have healed them, and revealed to 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 →