THEOSISProverbs 3:18Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.
עֵץ־חַיִּ֣ים הִ֭יא לַמַּחֲזִיקִ֣ים בָּ֑הּ וְֽתֹמְכֶ֥יהָ מְאֻשָּֽׁר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 11:30The fruit of the just man is a tree of life: and he that gaineth souls is wise.
- Prov 15:4A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit.
- Gen 2:9And the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
- Prov 13:12Hope that is deferred afflicteth the soul: desire when it cometh, is a tree of life.
- Gen 3:22And he said: Behold Adam is become as one of us, knowing good and evil: now therefore lest perhaps he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.
- Rev 2:7He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches: To him that overcometh I will give to eat of the tree of life which is in the paradise of my God.
- Rev 22:2In the midst of the street thereof, and on both sides of the river, was the tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruits every month: the leaves of the tree for the healing of the nations.