Proverbs 3:18

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 2:9 : 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.
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 ¶ The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.
  • Prov 13:12 : 12 ¶ Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.
  • Gen 3:22 : 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:
  • Rev 2:7 : 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.›
  • Rev 22:2 : 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare twelve [manner of] fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree [were] for the healing of the nations.
  • Prov 15:4 : 4 ¶ A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.

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