Proverbs 3:18

New American Bible - revised edition

She is a tree of life to those who grasp her, and those who hold her fast are happy.

Cross References

Genesis 2:9

Out of the ground the Lord God made grow every tree that was delightful to look at and good for food, with the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 3:22

Then the Lord God said: See! The man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil! Now, what if he also reaches out his hand to take fruit from the tree of life, and eats of it and lives forever?

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of justice is a tree of life, and one who takes lives is a sage.

Proverbs 13:12

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

Proverbs 15:4

A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse one breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 4:13

Hold fast to instruction, never let it go; keep it, for it is your life.

Proverbs 8:32

Now, children, listen to me; happy are they who keep my ways.

Proverbs 8:34

Happy the one who listens to me, attending daily at my gates, keeping watch at my doorposts;

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For the protection of wisdom is as the protection of money; and knowledge is profitable because wisdom gives life to those who possess it.

Revelation 2:7

“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the victor I will give the right to eat from the tree of life that is in the garden of God.”’ To Smyrna.

Revelation 22:2

down the middle of its street. On either side of the river grew the tree of life that produces fruit twelve times a year, once each month; the leaves of the trees serve as medicine for the nations.