Proverbs 3:8
It will be health to your body, 2 and nourishment to your bones. 1
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
In Context
7Don’t be wise in your own eyes. 2 Fear Adonai, and depart from evil. 1
9Honor Adonai with your substance, 2 with the first fruits of all your increase: 1
Cross References
Proverbs 4:22For they are life to those who find them, 2 and health to their whole body. 1
Isaiah 1:6From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it: 2 wounds, welts, and open sores. 2 They haven’t been closed, neither bandaged, neither soothed with oil. 1
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 →