Proverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
In Context
33Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it.
35For he who finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor of LORD.
Cross References
1 Kings 10:8Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, who hear thy wisdom.
Psalms 84:10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Proverbs 1:21She cries in the chief place of concourse, at the entrance of the gates, in the city. She utters her words:
Proverbs 3:13Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding.
Matthew 7:24Therefore every man, whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.
Luke 10:39And she was sister to this woman called Mary, who also, having sat at Jesus' feet, was listening to his word.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:33-36
Wisdom's Exhortation. 32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord . 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. We have here the application of Wisdom's discourse; the design and tendency of it is to… Read the whole commentary →