Proverbs 8:36
But those who don't find me hurt themselves; everyone who hates me loves death.”
Free Bible Version
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 those who find me, find life, and are accepted by the Lord.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:31So they'll have to eat the fruit of their own choices, bloated by their own devious schemes.
Proverbs 5:11When you come to the end of your life you'll moan in pain as disease destroys your body.
Proverbs 12:1If you love knowledge, you will love discipline. Anyone who hates being corrected is stupid!
Proverbs 20:2When a king gets terribly angry, he sounds like a roaring lion; anyone who makes him furious is liable to be killed.
Ezekiel 18:31Get rid of all your rebellious sins! Change your way of thinking and have a new spirit. Why do you want to die, people of Israel?
John 3:19This is how the decision is made: the light came to the world, but people loved the darkness rather than the light, for their actions 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 →