The Meaning of Proverbs 4:22 Explained

Proverbs 4:22

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

YLT: For life they are to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.

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

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 4:22?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 4:22 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 4:22 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 4:22?

What is the context of Proverbs 4:22?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 4:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 4:10-27 - Guide-Posts On The Way Of Life

One or two sentences stand out in this section, demanding special attention. The path of the just, etc., Proverbs 4:18. We may compare this beautiful similitude with 2 Samuel 23:4. In the East, where the heavens are for the most part free of cloud, the steadily increasing light of any day to perfect noontide glory is the ordinary experience. Let us so live that the path of our life may become ever more radiant and beneficent in its heat and light.

Keep thy heart, etc., Proverbs 4:23. "Above all keeping," margin. The gates of the heart need careful scrutiny. When we are careless, thoughts creep in with malign intent. We should imitate the good Nehemiah 13:19. Ask that pure and holy angels may stand sentry as at the gates of pearl, Revelation 21:12. If you think right, you will live right.

Ponder the path, etc., Proverbs 4:26. "Weigh carefully." Act in haste and repent at leisure! Ask God to keep you back from presumptuous sins; and bear in mind the wise exhortation of Ecclesiastes 5:2. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 4

¹ persuades to wisdom
¹⁴ and to show wickedness
²⁰ He exhorts to sanctification

What do the individual words in Proverbs 4:22 mean?

For life they [are] to those who find them and to all their flesh health

כִּֽי־ חַיִּ֣ים הֵ֭ם לְמֹצְאֵיהֶ֑ם וּֽלְכָל־ בְּשָׂר֥וֹ מַרְפֵּֽא

חַיִּ֣ים	life
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: חַי Sense: living, alive.
הֵ֭ם	they [are]
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine plural Root: הֵם Sense: they, these, the same, who.
לְמֹצְאֵיהֶ֑ם	to those who find them
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural Root: מָצָא Sense: to find, attain to.
וּֽלְכָל־	and to all
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
בְּשָׂר֥וֹ	their flesh
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: בָּשָׂר Sense: flesh.
מַרְפֵּֽא	health
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מַרְפֵּא Sense: health, healing, cure.

What are the major concepts related to Proverbs 4:22?

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Similar Scriptures for Proverbs 4:22

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		Proverbs 4:10 [10]
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		Jeremiah 33:6 [6]