So they will give life to you, and grace to adorn your neck.
For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.
Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.
The one who acquires wisdom loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper.
The one who pursues righteousness and love finds life, bounty, and honor.
Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.
for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body.
For the one who finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord.
O sovereign master, your decrees can give men life; may years of life be restored to me. Restore my health and preserve my life.’
For this is no idle word for you – it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”