Proverbs 8:34
Happy is the man that hearkeneth to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
Cross References
1 Kings 10:8Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
Psalms 84:10(84-11) For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand; I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Proverbs 1:21She calleth at the head of the noisy streets, at the entrances of the gates, in the city, she uttereth her words:
Proverbs 3:13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that obtaineth understanding.
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 →