And out of the ground the Lord God made 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 the knowledge of good and evil.
Proverbs 3:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called happy. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition She is a tree of life to those who lay hold on her; and happy (blessed, fortunate, to be envied) is everyone who holds her fast. American Standard Version (1901) She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her. Common English Bible She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who hold her tight are happy. Catholic Public Domain Version She is a tree of life to those who overtake her, and he who shall take hold of her is blessed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed. |
And out of the ground the Lord God made 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 the knowledge of good and evil.
Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing 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” —
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but lawlessness takes away lives.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
Keep hold of instruction, do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.
Happy is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors.
For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money; and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’
through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.