Proverbs 8:35
For whoever is finding me, has found life, || And brings out goodwill from YHWH.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
In Context
36And whoever is missing me, is wronging his soul, || All hating me have loved death!”
Cross References
Proverbs 1:33And whoever is listening to me dwells confidently, || And [is] quiet from fear of evil!”
Proverbs 4:13Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, || Keep her, for she [is] your life.
Proverbs 12:2The good brings forth favor from YHWH, || And the man of wicked schemes He condemns.
John 3:16for God so loved the world that He gave the only begotten Son, that everyone who is believing in Him may not perish, but may have continuous life.
John 14:6Jesus says to him, “I AM the way, and the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father, if not through Me;
Ephesians 1:6to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He made us accepted in the beloved,
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 →