Proverbs 3:8 “This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.”

Proverbs 3:8

This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

World English Bible

It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.

American Standard Version

It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones.

Geneva Bible 1599

So health shalbe vnto thy nauel, and marowe vnto thy bones.

Darby Translation

it shall be health for thy navel, and moisture for thy bones.

Young's Literal Translation

Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones.

Bible in Basic English

This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones.

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Cross references

“shall”

Proverbs 4:22 Psalm 147:3 Proverbs 16:24 Isaiah 1:6 Jeremiah 30:12 Jeremiah 30:13

Proverbs 4:22 · BSB

For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.

Psalm 147:3 · BSB

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Proverbs 16:24 · BSB

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Isaiah 1:6 · BSB

From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.

Jeremiah 30:12 · BSB

For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.

Jeremiah 30:13 · BSB

There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.

“thy”

Ezekiel 16:4 Ezekiel 16:5

Ezekiel 16:4 · BSB

On the day of your birth your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.

Ezekiel 16:5 · BSB

No one cared enough for you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. Instead, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were despised on the day of your birth.

“marrow”

Job 21:24

Job 21:24 · BSB

His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

9Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops;

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