Proverbs 3:18

Modern English Version

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; blessed are those who retain her.

Cross References

Genesis 2:9

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 was also in the midst of the garden, along with the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 3:22

Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, he might reach out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—

Proverbs 11:30

As the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, so he who wins souls is wise.

Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but the desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Proverbs 15:4

A tongue of healing is a tree of life, but perversity therein is crushing to the spirit.

Proverbs 4:13

Take hold of instruction; do not let her go; guard her, for she is your life.

Proverbs 8:32

“Now therefore, my sons, listen to me: blessed are those who keep my ways.

Proverbs 8:34

Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For the protective shadow of wisdom is like the protective shadow of silver, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of the one who possesses it.

Revelation 2:7

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give permission to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.

Revelation 22:2

in the middle of its street. On each side of the river was the tree of life, which bore twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.