Proverbs 3:8
It shall be rife'ut (health) to thy navel, 1 and marrow to thy atzmot. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
In Context
7Be not chacham in thine own eyes; 1 fear Hashem, and depart from rah. 1
9Honor Hashem with thy substance, 1 and with the reshit (firstfruit) of all thine increase; 1
Cross References
Job 21:24His troughs are full of cholov, 1 and his atzmot are moistened with marrow. 1
Proverbs 4:22For they are chayyim unto those that find them, 1 and health to all their basar. 1
Isaiah 1:6From the sole of the regel even unto the rosh 1 there is no soundness in it; 1 but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores; 1 they have not been closed, 1 neither bound up, neither soothed with shemen. 1
Ezekiel 16:4And as for thy moledot (birth), in the day thou wast born thy navel cord was not cut, neither wast thou washed in mayim to cleanse thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
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 →