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Proverbs 3:18
18Wisdom is like a tree with fruits that give life to the people who pick them. The Lord blesses everyone who keeps hold of wisdom.
Proverbs 3:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
- New International Version (NIV)She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called blessed.
- New King James Version (NKJV)She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are all who retain her.
Context of Proverbs 3:18
16Wisdom is ready to give you a long life. She will also give you riches and honour. 17Wisdom will be your guide through a happy life. She will lead you in ways that keep you safe. Wisdom is like a tree with fruits that give life to the people who pick them. The Lord blesses everyone who keeps hold of wisdom. 19The Lord used wisdom to create the earth. He understood the right way to create the heavens. 20He used his knowledge to pour water from under the earth into the rivers and seas. He caused the clouds to send down rain.
Read all of Proverbs 3Proverbs 3:18 word by word
עֵץ־חַיִּ֣ים הִ֭יא לַמַּחֲזִיקִ֣ים בָּ֑הּ וְֽתֹמְכֶ֥יהָ מְאֻשָּֽׁר׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 3:18
- Proverbs 11:30The good things that a righteous person does bring life. A person who saves people's lives shows that he is wise.
- Proverbs 13:14The teaching of wise people is like a spring of water that gives life. It will keep you away from death's dangerous traps.
- Genesis 2:9The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground there. The trees were beautiful to look at. The fruit from the trees was good for people to eat. In the middle of the garden were two special trees. One was the tree that gives life. The other was the tree that gives knowledge of what is good and what is evil.
- Genesis 3:22The Lord God said, ‘The man has now become like one of us because he understands good and evil. So we must not let him take fruit from the tree that gives life. If he eats that fruit, he will live for ever.’
- Revelation 22:2along the middle of the city's biggest street. I saw a tree that was growing on each side of the river. It is the tree that gives people true life. It has 12 different kinds of fruit, a new fruit every month. The tree's leaves are like medicine. They make people of every nation well again.
Commentaries on Proverbs 3:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18She is a tree of life - חיים עץ ets chaiyim, "the tree of lives," alluding most manifestly to the tree so called which God in the beginning planted in the garden of Paradise, by eating the fruit of which all the wastes of nature might have been continually repaired, so as to prevent death for ever. This is an opinion which appears probable enough. The blessings which wisdom - true religion - gives to men, preserve them in life, comfort them through life…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18This and the other references in Proverbs Proverbs 11:30; Proverbs 13:12; Proverbs 15:4 are the only allusions in any book of the Old Testament, after Genesis, to the “tree” itself, or to its spiritual significance. Further, there is the tendency to a half-allegorizing application of that history. “The tree of life” which Adam was not to taste lies open to his children. Wisdom is the “tree of life,” giving a true immortality. The symbol entered largely…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-20Verses 13-20 No precious jewels or earthly treasures are worthy to be compared with true wisdom, whether the concerns of time or eternity be considered. We must make wisdom our business; we must venture all in it, and be willing to part with all for it. This Wisdom is the Lord Jesus Christ and his salvation, sought and obtained by faith and prayer. Were it not for unbelief, remaining sinfulness, and carelessness, we should find all our ways pleasantness…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18The tree of life refers to the first tree in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. Wisdom allegorized as a tree of life--(Ge 2:9; 3:22) whose fruit preserves life, gives all that makes living a blessing.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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