Proverbs 3:8

Ezekiel 16:4; Ezekiel 16:5; Isaiah 1:6; Jeremiah 30:12; Jeremiah 30:13; Job 21:24; Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 4:22; Psalms 147:3

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 3:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Navel - The central region of the body is taken as the representative of all the vital organs. For “health” we should read healing, or, as in the...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

It shall be health to thy (e) navel, and marrow to thy bones. (e) By this part he comprehends the whole body, as by health he means all the benefits...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Fourth Discourse. The sage exhorts the young man to heed his oral instruction ( torah), and to trust in Yahweh, fear Him, and honour Him in the pr...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

health . healing. Occurs only here. navel. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part) for the whole body (App-6). But Septuagint and Syriac,...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. It shall be health to thy navel - We need not puzzle ourselves to find out what we may supp...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Health to thy navel— Many expositors, after the LXX, render this, It shall be health to thy flesh, or to thy body, instead of thy navel: but...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones - "it," namely, the obedie...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Blessings of Obedience and of Chastisement The first and third divisions, 1-10, 21-35, are exhortations to good conduct and promises of conseq...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

For navel read 'flesh,' as at Proverbs 4:22 . This change only requires the addition of a single letter, and it gives us the pair,' flesh and bones,...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Navel. — As being the centre, and so the most important part of the body. (Comp. the epithet applied to Delphi, “navel of the earth.”) Marrow. —...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 4 THE EARTHLY REWARDS OF WISDOM Proverbs 3:1-10 THE general teaching of these nine introductory Chapter s is that the "ways of Wisdom...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 10 TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY Proverbs 9:1-18 , Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with Proverbs 4:1...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Results of Trusting Jehovah Proverbs 3:1-12 How replete with helpful instruction on the policy of life is this paragraph! The young of bo...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

As the former address had to do with the search for wisdom, this, in view of the value of if is an appeal to cultivate wisdom. The appeal consists of...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. Honour the LORD with th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

It shall be health to thy navel ,.... That part of the body which is the knot of the intestines; and may be put for the bowels and inward parts, whi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. Ver. 8. It shall be health to thy navel. ] That is, Thou shalt be in good plight both fo...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Be not wise in thine own eyes Be not puffed up with a vain conceit of thine own wisdom, as if that were sufficient for the conduct of all thine aff...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Consecration to God. 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the L ORD...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To thy navel, i.e. to thy body, which is signified by the navel, which is a noble and useful part of the body, by which the infant receives nourish...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Introductory Exhortation Followed By The Requirement To Trust In YHWH, To Fear YHWH And To Honour YHWH ( Proverbs 3:1-10 ). Solomon here speaks of...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 3:8 . Navel , “body” or “muscles.” Marrow , literally “refreshing,” “moistening,” in contrast to the condition describe...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 3:7-8 I. The text may be paraphrased and expanded thus: God has taught you by various ways by your own experience and that of others; abo...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 3:2 . Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. The premature death denounced against the profligate, and the vic...
The Biblical Illustrator

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments. Useful precepts and inspiring motives I. To remember and keep in our heart...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 3:1-20 4. Fourth admonitory discourse. The third chapter introduces us to a group of admonitions, and the first of th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Obedience, Faith, and Liberality Urged
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

It shall be health to thy navel, considered as the center of the entire body, and marrow to thy bones, refreshing the entire organism with vigor an...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Lest We Forget Proverbs 3:1-12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Proverbs speaks several times of the danger of forgetting God and His Commandmen...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Navel — To thy body, which is signified by one part of it. Marrow — Which is the nourishment and strength of the bones.

⁸ It shall be healthc to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 3:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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