Proverbs 3:18

She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.

She is a tree {H6086} of life {H2416} to them that lay hold {H2388} upon her: and happy {H833} is every one that retaineth {H8551} her.

She is a tree of life to those who grasp her; whoever holds fast to her will be made happy.

She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 11:30 (11 votes)

    ¶ The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.

  • Proverbs 15:4 (9 votes)

    ¶ A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.

  • Genesis 2:9 (6 votes)

    And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

  • Proverbs 13:12 (6 votes)

    ¶ Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.

  • Genesis 3:22 (6 votes)

    ¶ And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

  • Revelation 2:7 (6 votes)

    He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

  • Revelation 22:2 (5 votes)

    In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare twelve [manner of] fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree [were] for the healing of the nations.