Proverbs 4:22
For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.
World English Bible British
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 depart from your eyes. Keep them in the centre of your heart.
23Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:8It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.
Proverbs 4:10Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.
Jeremiah 33:6behold, I will bring it health and healing, and I will cure them; and I will reveal to them 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 →