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Proverbs 4:22

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

KJV

vita enim sunt invenientibus ea, et universæ carni sanitas.

Vulgate

ζωὴ γάρ ἐστιν τοῖς εὑρίσκουσιν αὐτήν, καὶ πάσῃ σαρκὶ ἴασις.

LXX

For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.

ASV

כִּֽי חַיִּ֣ים הֵ֭ם לְ/מֹצְאֵי/הֶ֑ם וּֽ/לְ/כָל בְּשָׂר֥/וֹ מַרְפֵּֽא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַרְפֵּֽא
mrp'
noun · 15×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 3:10 — For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
  • Deut 32:47 — For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
  • Jer 33:6 — Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
  • Prov 3:8 — It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
  • Prov 3:8 — It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
  • Prov 3:22 — So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
  • Prov 4:4 — He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
  • Prov 4:10 — Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
  • Prov 12:18 — There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
  • Prov 12:18 — There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
  • Prov 16:24 — Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.