Proverbs 4:22 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Proverbs 4:20 My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

Proverbs 4:21 Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.

Proverbs 4:22 For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.

Proverbs 4:23 Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

Proverbs 4:24 Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "life", "find", "health", "whole", and "body". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "life" and "find", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "Let them not depart from your eyes..." into verse 23's "Keep your heart with all diligence for...", so "life" and "find" belong inside that flow. In Proverbs context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "life" and "find" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.