Proverbs 8:36
But he who sins against me will wound his own soul. All who hate me love death.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
In Context
35He who finds me, finds life, and he will draw salvation from the Lord.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:31Therefore, they shall eat the fruit of their way, and they shall have their fill of their own counsels.
Proverbs 5:11and you may mourn in the end, when you will have consumed your flesh and your body. And so you may say:
Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge. But whoever hates correction is unwise.
Proverbs 20:2Just like the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king. Whoever provokes him sins in his own soul.
Ezekiel 18:31Cast all your transgressions, by which you have transgressed, away from you, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. And then why should you die, O house of Israel?
John 3:19And this is the judgment: that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness more than light. For their works were evil.
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 →