Proverbs 8:31
rejoicing in his habitable earth. And my delight was with the sons of men.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
In Context
30then I was by him, a master workman. And I was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him,
32Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me. For blessed are those who keep my ways.
Cross References
Psalms 16:3As for the sanctified who are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight.
John 4:34Jesus says to them, My food is that I do the will of him who sent me, and may finish his work.
2 Corinthians 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich he became poor for your sakes, so that by that man's poverty ye might become rich.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:23-32
Wisdom Eternal and Divine. 22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. 27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when… Read the whole commentary →