Proverbs 8:34
Happy is the man that hearkeneth unto me, watching day by day at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Leeser Tanakh
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 correction, and be wise, and reject it not.
35For he who findeth me findeth life, and he obtaineth favor from the Lord.
Cross References
1 Kings 10:8Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, who stand before thee continually, who hear thy wisdom.
Psalms 84:10(84:11) For better is a day in thy courts than a thousand [elsewhere]: I would rather choose to wait at the threshold of the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Proverbs 1:21At the corner of noisy streets she calleth, at the entrances of gates; in the city she sayeth her speeches:
Proverbs 3:13Happy the man that hath found wisdom, and the man that acquireth 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 →