Proverbs 8:36
But he who fails, harms his own life; 1 all who hate me love death.”
Unlocked Literal 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 whoever finds me, finds life, 1 and he will find the favor of Yahweh. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 1:31They will eat the fruit of their ways, 1 and with the fruit of their schemes they will be filled. 1
Proverbs 5:11At the end of your life you will groan 1 when your flesh and your body waste away. 1
Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, 1 but the one who hates correction is stupid. 1
Proverbs 20:2The fear of a king is like the fear of a young lion that is roaring; 1 the one who makes him angry forfeits his life. 1
Ezekiel 18:31Throw away from yourselves all of the transgressions that you have committed; make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, house of Israel?
John 3:19This is the reason for the judgment: The light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.
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 →