Proverbs 8:36
But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
Berean Standard Bible
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 whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Proverbs 5:11At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
Proverbs 20:2The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
John 3:19And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds 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 →