Proverbs 19:8
Whoever is getting heart is loving his soul, || He is keeping understanding to find good.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
In Context
9A false witness is not acquitted, || And whoever breathes out lies perishes.
Cross References
Psalms 19:11Also—Your servant is warned by them, “In keeping them [is] a great reward.”
Proverbs 3:18She [is] a tree of life to those laying hold on her, || And whoever is retaining her [is] blessed.
Proverbs 3:22And they are life to your soul, and grace to your neck.
Proverbs 4:6Do not forsake her, and she preserves you, || Love her, and she keeps you.
Proverbs 8:35For whoever is finding me, has found life, || And brings out goodwill from YHWH.
Proverbs 17:16Why [is] this—a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, || And a heart—there is none?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:7-8
6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. 7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him. These two verses are a comment upon v. 4 , and show, 1. How those that are rich and great are courted and caressed, and have suitors and servants in abundance. The prince that has power in his hand, and preferments at his disposal, has his gate and his ante-chamber… Read the whole commentary →