Proverbs 3:8

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
health	רִ֭פְאוּת Rif.'ut	H7500	a cure · noun, common feminine singular absolute
navel	לְשָׁרֶּ֑ךָ le.sha.Re.kha	H8270	a string (as twisted ) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
marrow	וְ֝שִׁקּ֗וּי ve.shi.Kui	H8250	a beverage · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
bones	לְעַצְמוֹתֶֽיךָ le.'atz.mo.Tei.kha	H6106	a bone (as strong) · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Proverbs 4:22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Psalms 147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Job 21:24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
Ezekiel 16:4-5 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not sa…
Isaiah 1:6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been…
Jeremiah 30:12-13 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:7-12

We have here before us three exhortations, each of them enforced with a good reason: - I. We must live in a humble and dutiful subjection to God and his government (Pro 3:7): "Fear the Lord, as your sovereign Lord and Master; be ruled in every thing by your religion and subject to the divine will." This must be, 1. A humble subjection: Be not wise in thy own eyes. Note, There is not a greater enemy to the power of religion, and the fear of God in the heart, than conceitedness of our own wisdom. Those that have an opinion of their own sufficiency think it below them, and a disparagement to them, to take their measures from, much more to hamper themselves with, religion's rules. 2. A dutiful…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 3:8

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.

John Gill on Proverbs 3:8

It shall be health to thy navel,.... That part of the body which is the knot of the intestines; and may be put for the bowels and inward parts, which being sound, the body is in health; and these may be put for the whole body: and so the Septuagint version renders it, "to thy body"; and this may be put for the whole person. And the sense is, either wisdom, as Jarchi; the doctrine of wisdom, the Gospel; which teaches men to trust in the Lord, and not in themselves, to apply to him for wisdom, and not lean to their own understanding; this contributes much to a man's spiritual health and welfare: or else the fear of the Lord is of this use to men, both in soul and body; since by it they depart…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 3:5-8

Were "kindness and truth" (Pro 3:3) understood only in relation to men, then the following admonition would not be interposed, since it proceeds from that going before, if there the quality of kindness and truth, not only towards man, but also towards God, is commended: 5 Trust in Jahve with thy whole heart, And lean not on thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge Him, And He will make plain thy paths. 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jahve, and depart from evil. 8 Health will then come to thy navel, And refreshing to thy bones. From God alone comes true prosperity, true help. He knows the right way to the right ends. He knows what benefits us. He is able to free us from t…

The Church Fathers

Indeed, health will be in your navel, etc. Solid works of virtues are in the bones, and in the navel, which is in the middle part of the inner body, is designed to signify the still weak and imperfect action of good deeds. Therefore, if you fear God, and rely not on your own strength but on heavenly protection, and strive to abstain from evil, there will be health for your navel, and watering for your bones, because through these both the weakness of the work is strengthened to a state of perfection, and all your strong acts receive reinforcement.
— Bede, Commentary on Proverbs

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Dictionary and topics

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Proverbs 3:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:7-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 3:8

John Gill on Proverbs 3:8

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 3:5-8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Proverbs 3:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:7-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 3:8

John Gill on Proverbs 3:8

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 3:5-8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Proverbs 3:8

Rashi on Proverbs 3:8