The fear of the Lord is like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares.

A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse tongue breaks the spirit.

The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

The person who hears the reproof that leads to life is at home among the wise.

In the light of the king’s face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds of the spring rain.

Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.

Fearing the Lord leads to life, and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity.

The one who pursues righteousness and love finds life, bounty, and honor.

The reward for humility and fearing the Lord is riches and honor and life.

And there will be enough goat’s milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls.

She brings him good and not evil all the days of her life.

For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,