Proverbs 3:18 KJV

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

Matthew Henry

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Cross References

  • Genesis 2:9 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 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
  • Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
  • Genesis 3:22 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 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.

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Hebrew and Strong’s

  • She is a tree עֵץ ʿēṣ עֵץ Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of life חַיִּים ḥayyîm חַי Noun · masculine plural
  • to them that lay hold הִיא hîʾ Pronoun · third person feminine singular לַמַּחֲזִיקִים lammaḥăzîqîm חָזַק Verb · hiphil active participle, masculine plural · with preposition with the
  • upon her: and happy מְאֻשָּׁר mĕʾuššār אָשַׁר Verb · pual passive participle, masculine singular
  • that retaineth בָּהּ bāh Preposition · with suffix: third person feminine singular וְתֹמְכֶיהָ wĕtōmĕkêhā תָּמַךְ Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural construct · with and, suffix: third person feminine singular

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