Proverbs 8:31

Exulting in the habitable part of his earth, And my delight was with the sons of men.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

In Context

30Then was I by him as a master-builder; I was his delight day by day, Exulting before him at all times;

32“Now, therefore, ye children, hearken to me! For happy are they who keep my ways!

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Cross References

Psalms 16:3The holy that are in the land, and the excellent,—in them is all my delight.

John 4:34Jesus saith to them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

2 Corinthians 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

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 →

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