Proverbs 3:8 · KJV
“It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. {health: Heb. medicine} {marrow: Heb. watering, or, moistening}”
— Proverbs 3:8
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Proverbs 3 — Context
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. {health: Heb. medicine} {marrow: Heb. watering, or, moistening}
9Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:22
For they {are} life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. {health: Heb. medicine}
Psalms 147:3
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. {wounds: Heb. griefs}
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words {are as} an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Job 21:24
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. {breasts: or, milk pails}
Ezekiel 16:4-5
And {as for} thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple {thee}; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. {to supple...: or, when I looked upon thee}
Isaiah 1:6
From the sole of the foot even unto the head {there is} no soundness in it; {but} wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. {ointment: or, oil}
Jeremiah 30:12-13
For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise {is} incurable, {and} thy wound {is} grievous.