Proverbs 4:22

English Standard Version 2016

For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.

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There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.

It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.

Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security.

he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live.

and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.

For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord,

Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.