Proverbs 8:35
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
In Context
34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.
Proverbs 4:13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
Proverbs 12:2A good man shall obtain favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Ephesians 1:6to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:
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 →