Proverbs 3:8
It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.
World Messianic 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. Fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
9Honor the LORD with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase;
Cross References
Job 21:24His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened.
Proverbs 4:22For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.
Isaiah 1:6From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it, but wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven’t been closed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.
Ezekiel 16:4As for your birth, in the day you were born your navel was not cut. You weren’t washed in water to cleanse you. You weren’t salted at all, nor wrapped in blankets 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 →