Proverbs 8:36
but he that sinneth against me doeth violence to his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
In Context
35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah;
Cross References
Proverbs 1:31therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.
Proverbs 5:11and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;
Proverbs 12:1Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Proverbs 20:2The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from you all your transgressions wherewith ye have transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit: why then will ye die, house of Israel?
John 3:19And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather 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 →