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Proverbs 3:8
8Then you will have healing for your body and strength for your bones.
Proverbs 3:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
- New International Version (NIV)This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.
- English Standard Version (ESV)It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.
- New King James Version (NKJV)It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones.
Context of Proverbs 3:8
6Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. 7Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil. Then you will have healing for your body and strength for your bones. 9Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. 10Then he will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine.
Read all of Proverbs 3Proverbs 3:8 word by word
רִ֭פְאוּת תְּהִ֣י לְשָׁרֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝שִׁקּ֗וּי לְעַצְמוֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 3:8
- Proverbs 4:22for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body.
- Proverbs 16:24Kind words are like honey— sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.
- Psalms 147:3He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
- Isaiah 1:6You are battered from head to foot— covered with bruises, welts, and infected wounds— without any soothing ointments or bandages.
- Jeremiah 30:12This is what the Lord says: “Your injury is incurable— a terrible wound.
- Ezekiel 16:4On the day you were born, no one cared about you. Your umbilical cord was not cut, and you were never washed, rubbed with salt, and wrapped in cloth.
- Job 21:24the picture of good health, vigorous and fit.
Commentaries on Proverbs 3:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8It shall be health to thy navel - We need not puzzle ourselves to find out what we may suppose to be a more delicate meaning for the original word שר shor than navel; for I am satisfied a more proper cannot be found. It is well known that it is by the umbilical cord that the fetus receives its nourishment all the time it is in the womb of the mother. It receives nothing by the mouth, nor by any other means: by this alone all nourishment is received, and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Navel - The central region of the body is taken as the representative of all the vital organs. For “health” we should read healing, or, as in the marg. There is probably a reference to the local applications used by the surgery of the period as means of healing.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 There is not a greater enemy to the fear of the Lord in the heart, than self-conceit of our own wisdom. The prudence and sobriety which religion teaches, tend not only to the health of the soul, but to the health of the body. Worldly wealth is but poor substance, yet, such as it is, we must honour God with it; and those that do good with what they have, shall have more to do more good with. Should the Lord visit us with trials and sickness…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Healing and strength mean enjoying physical energy as God's reward for following the path of wisdom.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. It--This conduct. health--(Compare Margin). to thy navel--for all the organs of nourishment. marrow--(Compare Margin). bones--frame of body. True piety promotes bodily health.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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