Proverbs 8:35
כִּי מֹצְאִי מצאי חַיִּים וַיָּפֶק רָצוֹן מֵיְהוָֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
In Context
34אַשְֽׁרֵי אָדָם שֹׁמֵעַֽ לִי לִשְׁקֹד עַל ־ דַּלְתֹתַי יוֹם ׀ יוֹם לִשְׁמֹר מְזוּזֹת פְּתָחָֽי ׃
36וְֽחֹטְאִי חֹמֵס נַפְשׁוֹ כָּל ־ מְשַׂנְאַי אָהֲבוּ מָֽוֶת ׃ פ
Cross References
Proverbs 1:33וְשֹׁמֵעַֽ לִי יִשְׁכָּן ־ בֶּטַח וְשַׁאֲנַן מִפַּחַד רָעָֽה ׃ פ
Proverbs 4:13הַחֲזֵק בַּמּוּסָר אַל ־ תֶּרֶף נִצְּרֶהָ כִּי ־ הִיא חַיֶּֽיךָ ׃
Proverbs 12:2טוֹב יָפִיק רָצוֹן מֵיְהוָה וְאִישׁ מְזִמּוֹת יַרְשִֽׁיעַ ׃
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 →