Proverbs 4:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:8 : 8 This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.
  • Prov 4:4 : 4 And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:
  • Prov 4:10 : 10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.
  • Jer 33:6 : 6 See, I will make it healthy and well again, I will even make them well; I will let them see peace and good faith in full measure.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 4:23
    83%

    23And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    82%

    20My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.

    21Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.

  • Prov 3:21-22
    2 verses
    79%

    21My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

    22So they will be life for your soul, and grace for your neck.

  • Prov 3:8
    79%

    8This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones.

  • Prov 16:24
    76%

    24Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

  • Prov 22:18
    76%

    18For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

  • Prov 3:2-4
    3 verses
    75%

    2For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.

    3Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

    4So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

  • Prov 3:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.

    18She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.

  • Prov 8:35
    74%

    35For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.

  • Prov 4:4-7
    4 verses
    73%

    4And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:

    5Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

    6Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.

    7The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

  • Prov 4:13
    73%

    13Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

  • Prov 18:21
    72%

    21Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.

  • Prov 6:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.

    22In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.

  • Prov 8:9
    71%

    9They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.

  • Prov 14:30
    71%

    30A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.

  • Prov 15:4
    70%

    4A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.

  • Prov 21:21
    70%

    21He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.

  • Prov 7:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2Keep my rules and you will have life; let my teaching be to you as the light of your eyes;

    3Let them be fixed to your fingers, and recorded in your heart.

  • Prov 19:8
    70%

    8He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.

  • Prov 2:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

    11Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

  • Prov 17:22
    70%

    22A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.

  • Prov 24:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:

    14So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Prov 15:30
    69%

    30The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.

  • Prov 1:9
    69%

    9For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.

  • Ps 33:19
    69%

    19To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.

  • Prov 4:10
    69%

    10Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

  • Luke 12:23
    69%

    23Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing?

  • Song 4:15
    69%

    15You are a fountain of gardens, a spring of living waters, and flowing waters from Lebanon.

  • Prov 3:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

    14For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

  • Prov 13:14
    69%

    14The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.

  • Job 21:24
    69%

    24His buckets are full of milk, and there is no loss of strength in his bones.

  • Ps 34:12
    69%

    12What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?

  • Ps 92:14
    68%

    14They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth;

  • Prov 4:25
    68%

    25Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.

  • Prov 12:28
    68%

    28In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

  • Prov 11:30
    68%

    30The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.

  • Prov 2:4
    68%

    4If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;