The Meaning of Proverbs 3:22 Explained

Proverbs 3:22

KJV: So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

YLT: And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

Darby: so shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace unto thy neck.

ASV: So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So shall they be life  unto thy soul,  and grace  to thy neck. 

What does Proverbs 3:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 3:13-26 - Wisdom's Ways Of Pleasantness
Wisdom is susceptible of cultivation. It is a mine that needs to be worked with patient toil. Compare Proverbs 3:13-15 with Job 28:18. It is comparable to a noble woman, who approaches us with full-handed beneficence, Proverbs 3:16-17. It may be described as a tree, requiring careful tendance and bearing fruit for the patient cultivator, Proverbs 3:18. And we may turn from our own little lives to see the mighty results of divine wisdom in Creation and Providence. We are made in the image of God, our minds are able to appreciate His mind, and we think over again, as Kepler said, the thoughts of God, Proverbs 3:19-20.
Learn the security of the life which is built on the eternal principles of this book. It has no fear. Its repose is unbroken by alarm. It is at peace with itself, with man, and with God. This is not the result of our calculating prudence, but because we exercise ourselves to have consciences void of offense toward God and man; and because the God of patience, of hope, and of peace is with us. See Romans 15:5; Romans 15:13; Romans 15:33. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 3

1  various exhortations
13  The gain of wisdom
27  Exhortation to goodness
33  the different state of the wicked and upright

What do the individual words in Proverbs 3:22 mean?

so they will be life to your soul and grace to your neck
וְיִֽהְי֣וּ חַיִּ֣ים לְנַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וְ֝חֵ֗ן לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ

וְיִֽהְי֣וּ  so  they  will  be 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
חַיִּ֣ים  life 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
לְנַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ  to  your  soul 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
וְ֝חֵ֗ן  and  grace 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֵן  
Sense: favour, grace, charm.
לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ  to  your  neck 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: גַּרְגְּרֹות  
Sense: neck (always fig.

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