Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 3:22
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Unto thy soul; either,
1. To thee or thy person. They shall prolong and perpetuate thy life, and make it life indeed, to wit, pleasant and happy; whereas a miserable life is reputed a kind of death, and is oft so called. Or, to thy soul, properly so called. They shall quicken, and delight, and save thy soul.
Grace to thy neck; like a beautiful chain or ornament about thy neck, as above, Pro 3:3; 1:9.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
22-24. assign reasons in theirvalue for happiness and ornament, guidance and support in dangers,both when waking and sleeping.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
So shall they be life unto thy soul,…. Give it a better life than it naturally has, though immortal; Christ is both the spiritual and eternal life of the souls of those that look unto him by faith; and his Gospel, and the doctrines of it, are the means of reviving drooping saints, and of quickening them to the discharge of their duty; wherefore both he and they should be kept in continual view, and held fast;
and grace to thy neck; an ornament to that and to the whole man; how ornamental is Christ and his righteousness to a believer! how lovely is the person that is steady in his principles, and regular in his practices! who stands fast in the truths of the Gospel, and whose conversation is as becomes it! see Pr 1:9.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
22. Life unto thy soul The verse may be rendered: Thus shall there be life (pl., intensive, great life) to “thy soul, and grace to thy neck.” They are both vital and ornamental.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Pro 3:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Ver. 22. So shall they be life unto thy soul. ] For “by these men live, and this is the spirit of my life,” saith Hezekiah; Isa 38:16 even what God hath spoken and done. Pro 3:15 A godly man differs from a wicked, as much as a living man from a dead carcass. The wicked are stark dead, and stone cold. The saints also want heat sometimes, but they are soon made hot again; because there is life of soul in them, as charcoal is quickly kindled, because it hath been in the fire.
And grace to thy neck.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
neck. Septuagint adds, “Yea, it shall be healing to thy flesh; and refreshing to thy bones”.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
life: Pro 4:22, Isa 38:16, Joh 12:49, Joh 12:50
grace: Pro 1:9
Reciprocal: Deu 32:47 – General Pro 4:9 – give Pro 4:13 – she