She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.
In her right hand, Wisdom holds the chief good: life itself, length of days in the deepest sense. In her left, riches and honor follow as additions, goods that do not condition life but, received through Wisdom and thus wisely used, elevate the happiness of living. The right hand is primary; the left, secondary.
AI summary
Commenting on Proverbs 3:16-18
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.
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...