22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-27)Solomon, having warned us not to do evil, here teaches us how to do well. It is not enough for us to shun the occasions of sin, but we must study the methods of duty. I. We must have a continual regard to the word of God and endeavour that it may be always ready to us. 1. The sayings of wisdom must be our principles by which we must govern ourselves, our monitors to warn us of duty and danger; and…
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