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Proverbs 4:22

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For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
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  1. Proverbs 12:18Rank 1 from verse 22
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    18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

  2. Jeremiah 33:6Rank 2 from verse 22
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    6Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

  3. Proverbs 4:10Rank 3 from verse 22
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    10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

  4. Proverbs 3:8Rank 4 from verse 22
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    8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

  5. Proverbs 4:4Rank 5 from verse 22
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    4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

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Proverbs 4:22

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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find

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To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.

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health

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Sense 1: Soundness or well-being of body. Sense 2: Healing, cure, or restoration to soundness. Sense 3: Saving help or deliverance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

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23¶ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

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