Proverbs 3:18 (BSB)
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
From Proverbs 3. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Proverbs 3:18
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 3:13-20: Solomon had pressed us earnestly to seek diligently for wisdom (Pro 2:1, etc.), and had assured us that we should succeed in our sincere and constant pursuits. But the question is, What shall we get by it when we have found it?
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 3:18: She is a tree of life,.... Or "lives" (b); so Christ is called, Rev 2:7; in allusion to the tree of life in the garden of Eden, Gen 2:9; he being the author of life, natural, spiritual, and eternal; which souls may come at, and pluck and eat of the fruit which is upon him in great plenty and variety, even all the blessings of...
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 3:18: Wisdom allegorized as a tree of life-- (Gen 2:9; Gen 3:22) whose fruit preserves life, gives all that makes living a blessing.
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 3:18: She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her. (i) Which brings forth such fruit that they who eat of it have life and he alludes to the tree of life in paradise.