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Proverbs 4:22

because you will have [PRS] a good life and good health if you search for them and find them.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

In Context

21Keep them close to you; let them penetrate your inner being,

23It is very important that you be careful about what you think, because what you think controls [MET] the things that you do.

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Cross References

Proverbs 3:8If you do that, your body will be healthy/strong; it will be like medicine for you.

Proverbs 4:10So now I say, “My son, heed what I say. If you do that, you will live a good long life.

Jeremiah 33:6However, there will be a time when I will cause the people in this city to be healthy and strong again. I will enable them to be prosperous and have peace.

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 →

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