Proverbs 8:36
But he that sinneth against me doth chamas against his own nefesh; 1 all they that hate me love mavet.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
In Context
35For whosoever findeth me findeth Chayyim, 1 and shall obtain ratzon Hashem. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the p'ri (fruit) of their own derech, 1 and be filled with their own mo'atzot (schemes, devices). 1
Proverbs 5:11And thou mourn at the acharit (last, latter end, future), 1 when thy basar and thy body are consumed, 1
Proverbs 12:1He who loveth musar loveth da'as, 1 but he that hateth tokhakhat (reproof, correction) is ba'ar (a boorish, ignorant person). 1
Proverbs 20:2The wrath of a melech is as the roaring of a lion; 1 he who provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own nefesh. 1
Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from you all your peysha'im, whereby ye have committed peysha; and get you a lev chadash and a ruach chadashah; + 18:31 i.e., regeneration, new birth see Yn 3:3 for why will ye die, O Bais Yisroel?
John 3:19And this is the psak din, that the Ohr has come into the Olam Hazeh, and Bnei Adam had ahavah for the choshech rather than for the Ohr, for their ma'asim were ra'im (evil). + 3:19 Ps 52:3
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 →