Proverbs 8:34
Happy are those who listen to me, watching for me every day at my doors, waiting at my entrance way.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
In Context
33Listen to my instruction and be wise—do not reject it.
35For those who find me, find life, and are accepted by the Lord.
Cross References
1 Kings 10:8How happy your people must be! How happy those who work for you, who stand here every day listening to your wisdom!
Psalms 84:10One day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else. I'd rather stand as a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live comfortably in the homes of the wicked.
Proverbs 1:21She cries out at busy corners; she explains her message at the town gates:
Proverbs 3:13Happy are those who find wisdom and gain understanding,
Matthew 7:24Everyone that hears the words I say, and follows them, is like a wise man who built his house on solid rock.
Luke 10:39She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching.
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 →