She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
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Gill's Exposition
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;…
Barnes' Notes
This and the other references in Proverbs Pro 11:30; Pro 13:12; Pro 15:4 are the only allusions in any book of the Old Testament, after Genesis, to the “tree” itself, or to its spiritual significance.…
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…
Cambridge Bible
a tree of life The tree of life, Genesis 2, 3 is referred to again in this Book (Pro 11:30; Pro 13:12; Pro 15:4), and only besides in the Bible in Rev 2:7; Rev 22:2. The tree of the knowledge of good…
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