Proverbs 8:35
For those who find me, find life, and are accepted by the Lord.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
In Context
34Happy are those who listen to me, watching for me every day at my doors, waiting at my entrance way.
36But those who don't find me hurt themselves; everyone who hates me loves death.”
Cross References
Proverbs 1:33But everyone who listens to me will be kept safe, and will live without worrying about problems.”
Proverbs 4:13Hold on to these instructions—don't let them go. Protect them, for they are life's foundation.
Proverbs 12:2The Lord blesses the good, but he condemns anyone with evil schemes.
John 3:16For God loved the world, and this is how: he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who trusts in him shouldn't die, but have eternal life.
John 14:6Jesus replied, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Ephesians 1:6So we praise him for his glorious grace that he so kindly gave us in his beloved Son.
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 →