Proverbs 3 · Verse 22

Proverbs 3:22

So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Proverbs 3:22, King James Version

Proverbs 3:22 in other translations

BSBThey will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
WEBso they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.
ASVSo shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck.
YLTAnd they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
DARBYso shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace unto thy neck.
BBESo they will be life for your soul, and grace for your neck.
WebsterSo shall they be life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

What does Proverbs 3:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 3:22-24
22-24. assign reasons in their value for happiness and ornament, guidance and support in dangers, both when waking and sleeping.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 3:21-26

Let us not suffer Christ's words to depart from us, but keep sound wisdom and discretion; then shall we walk safely in his ways. The natural life, and all that belongs to it, shall be under the protection of God's providence; the spiritual life, and all its interests, under the protection of his grace, so that we shall be kept from falling into sin or trouble.

Read the full comment on Proverbs 3:21-26 →

Proverbs 3:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְיִֽהְי֣וּve.yih.Yuso they may beH1961
חַיִּ֣יםchai.YimlifeH2416
לְנַפְשֶׁ֑ךָle.naf.She.khafor self yourH5315
וְ֝חֵ֗ןve.Chenand graceH2580
לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ\׃le.gar.ge.ro.Tei.khafor neck yourH1621

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 3:22

  • Proverbs 4:22

    For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

  • Proverbs 1:9

    For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

  • Isaiah 38:16

    O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.

  • John 12:49-50

    For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
life.
4:22; Isa 38:16; Joh 12:49,50
grace.
1:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 3:21

    My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

  • Proverbs 3:22

    So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

  • Proverbs 3:23

    Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

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Proverbs 3:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y serán vida á tu alma, y gracia á tu cuello.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et ils seront la vie de ton âme et la grâce de ton cou.
German
Elberfelder 1871		so werden sie Leben sein für deine Seele und Anmut deinem Halse.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et erit vita animæ tuæ, et gratia faucibus tuis.