Proverbs 8:34
Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.
Bible in Basic English
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
33Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.
35For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.
Cross References
1 Kings 10:8Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.
Psalms 84:10\84:9\O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.
Proverbs 1:21Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town:
Proverbs 3:13Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.
Matthew 7:24Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
Luke 10:39And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.
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 →