Proverbs 8:31
rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights [were] with the sons of men.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
In Context
30then I was by him [his] nursling, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
32And now, sons, hearken unto me, and blessed are they that keep my ways:
Cross References
Psalms 16:3To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent [thou hast said], In them is all my delight.
John 4:34Jesus says to them, My food is that I should do the will of him that has sent me, and that I should finish his work.
2 Corinthians 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that *ye* by *his* poverty might be enriched.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:23-32
Wisdom Eternal and Divine. 22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. 27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when… Read the whole commentary →