Proverbs 8:33
Heare instruction, and be ye wise, and refuse it not: blessed is the man that heareth mee, watching dayly at my gates, and giuing attendance at the postes of my doores.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
In Context
32Therefore nowe hearken, O children, vnto me: for blessed are they that keepe my wayes.
34For he that findeth me, findeth life, and shall obteine fauour of the Lord.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:2To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,
Proverbs 1:8My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.
Proverbs 4:1Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.
Isaiah 55:1Ho, euery one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and ye that haue no siluer, come, bye and eate: come, I say, bye wine and milke without siluer and without money.
Romans 10:16But they haue not all obeyed ye Gospel: for Esaias saith, Lord, who hath beleeued our report?
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 →