Proverbs 3:18

Bible in Basic English 1965

She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.

Cross References

Genesis 2:9

And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 3:22

And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.

Proverbs 13:12

Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

Proverbs 15:4

A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.

Proverbs 4:13

Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

Proverbs 8:32

Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.

Proverbs 8:34

Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.

Revelation 2:7

He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the fruit of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.

Revelation 22:2

In the middle of its street. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, having twelve sorts of fruits, giving its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree give life to the nations.