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The same words are used in Proverbs 3:18 to represent wisdom. 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and happy is every one that holdest her fast. It's used in Proverbs 11:30 as a fruit of the righteous. 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that is wise winneth souls. And in Proverbs 13:12 as like having desire fulfilled. 12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but desire fulfilled is a tree of life. And Proverbs 15:4 as how good or helpful is good speech. A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit. I'll get to the NT next, but it does not look like the tree of life is a principle or command to behave/function by intuition or whatever it is that the blendeds say you touch in your spirit. The word life without a qualifying adjective...like Christ's life, God's life, my dog's life, etc. can be misleading and possibly used by satan (or any other nefarious being/person) to indicate any intuitive feeling that one receives from any source. I wonder if this is a safe practice for Christians? Do the church fathers have any comments on this topic?
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