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.”
— Proverbs 3:18
Her ways {are} ways of pleasantness, and all her paths {are} peace.
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. {established: or, prepared}
Proverbs 3 — Context
Length of days {is} in her right hand; {and} in her left hand riches and honour.
17Her ways {are} ways of pleasantness, and all her paths {are} peace.
18She {is} a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy {is every one} that retaineth her.
19The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. {established: or, prepared}
20By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous {is} a tree of life; and he that winneth souls {is} wise. {winneth: Heb. taketh}
Proverbs 15:4
A wholesome tongue {is} a tree of life: but perverseness therein {is} a breach in the spirit. {A wholesome...: Heb. The healing of the tongue}
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.
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 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 22:2
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.