Proverbs 8:32
Now then, my son, hear me: 1 Blessed is the man who shall hearken to me, 1 And the mortal who shall keep my ways; 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
In Context
31For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, 1 And rejoiced among the children of men. 1
Cross References
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, 1 And has not stood in the way of sinners, 1 And has not sat in the seat of evil men. 1
Psalms 128:1A Song of Degrees. 1 Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, 1 Let Israel now say: 1
Proverbs 5:7Now then, my son, hear me, 1 And make not my words of none effect. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:23-32
Wisdom Eternal and Divine. 22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. 27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when… Read the whole commentary →