Proverbs 8:35
He who finds me, finds life, and he will draw salvation from the Lord.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
In Context
36But he who sins against me will wound his own soul. All who hate me love death.”
Cross References
Proverbs 1:33But whoever will listen to me shall rest without terror, and shall have full enjoyment of abundance, without fear of evils.”
Proverbs 4:13Take hold of discipline. Do not dismiss it. Guard it, for it is your life.
Proverbs 12:2Whoever is good shall draw grace from the Lord. But whoever trusts in his own thoughts acts impiously.
John 3:16For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.
John 14:6Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
Ephesians 1:6for the praise of the glory of his grace, with which he has gifted us in his beloved Son.
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 →