Proverbs 8:35
For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
In Context
36But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:33But whoever gives ear to me will take his rest safely, living in peace without fear of evil.
Proverbs 4:13Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.
Proverbs 12:2A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.
John 3:16For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
John 14:6Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.
Ephesians 1:6To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:
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 →