Proverbs 8:36
But those who stray away from me just harm themselves. All those who hate me, it is as though [IRO] they are loving death.”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
In Context
35Those who find me will have a long life, and Yahweh will be pleased with them.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:31So they will endure what will result [MET, DOU] from the evil way they have lived/behaved and the evil things they have planned to do.
Proverbs 5:11And when you are about to die, you will groan with severe pain because diseases that you have gotten from being immoral will be destroying your body.
Proverbs 12:1Those who want to know what is right to do want to be ◄disciplined/corrected► when they do what is wrong; it is foolish to not want to be ◄corrected/told that what you did is wrong►.
Proverbs 20:2Being afraid of a king when he is angry is like [SIM] being afraid of a lion when it growls/roars; if you cause the king to become angry, he may execute you.
Ezekiel 18:31Get rid of all your wicked behavior, and get a new way of thinking [IDM, DOU]. You Israeli people [MTY], ◄do you really want to be executed for your sins?/you act as though you want to be executed for your sins► [RHQ].
John 3:19The one who was like a light [MET] to reveal God’s truth to us came into the world. But people loved doing what was evil, like darkness [MET] is evil, instead of loving the one who was like a light. That is the reason God will judge people and condemn them.
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 →