Proverbs 8:36
But, he that misseth me, wrongeth his own soul, all who hate me, love death.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, he that findeth me, findeth life, and hath obtained favour from Yahweh;
Cross References
Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and, with their own counsels, be filled.
Proverbs 5:11So shalt thou grieve in thy latter end, in the failing of thy flesh and of thy healthy condition;
Proverbs 12:1He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge, but, he that hateth reproof, is brutish.
Proverbs 20:2The growl as of a young lion, is the dread inspired by a king, he that provoketh him, endangereth his own life.
Ezekiel 18:31Cast off from you all your transgressions which ye have committed against me, And make you a new heart; And a new spirit,- For why should ye die, O house of Israel?
John 3:19And, this, is the judgment: That, the light, hath come into the world,—and men loved, rather the darkness than the light, for, wicked, were their, works.
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 →