So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck.
Wisdom, understanding, knowledge, these belong to God and must become yours by making them your aim. Hold them always before you; do not let them slip away or be overlooked. By wisdom the soul gains true and blessed life; by it the outward man gains grace that makes him pleasing.
AI summary
Commenting on Proverbs 3:21-22
assign reasons in their value for happiness and ornament, guidance and support in dangers, both when waking and sleeping.
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...