Proverbs 8:35
For whoever finds me, finds life, 1 and he will find the favor of Yahweh. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
In Context
36But he who fails, harms his own life; 1 all who hate me love death.”
Cross References
Proverbs 1:33But whoever listens to me will live in safety 1 and will rest secure with no fear of disaster.”
Proverbs 4:13Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; 1 guard it, for it is your life. 1
Proverbs 12:2Yahweh gives favor to a good man, 1 but he condemns a man who makes evil plans. 1
John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through me.
Ephesians 1:6Our adoption results in the praise of his glorious grace that he has freely given us in the One he loves.
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 →