Pro 3:8, Isa 58:11 | JFB | STEP | 8. It —This conduct. health —(Compare Margin ). to thy navel —for all the organs of nourishment. marrow —(Compare Margin ). bones —frame of body. True piety promotes bodily health.

Proverbs 3:8

8. It—This conduct.

health—(Compare Margin).

to thy navel—for all the organs of nourishment.

marrow—(Compare Margin).

bones—frame of body. True piety promotes bodily health.

Isaiah 58:11

11. satisfy . . . in drought— (Isa 41:17, 18). Literally, "drought," that is, parched places [MAURER].

make fat—rather, "strengthen" [NOYES]. "Give thee the free use of thy bones" [JEROME], or, "of thy strength" [HORSLEY].

watered garden—an Oriental picture of happiness.

fail not—Hebrew, "deceive not"; as streams that disappoint the caravan which had expected to find water, as formerly, but find it dried up (Job 6:15-17).