Proverbs 19:8
He that gets wisdom loves his own soul: he that keeps understanding shall find good.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
In Context
9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall perish.
Cross References
Psalms 19:11Moreover by them is your servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retains her.
Proverbs 3:22So shall they be life unto your soul, and grace to your neck.
Proverbs 4:6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve you: love her, and she shall keep you.
Proverbs 8:35For whoso finds me finds life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
Proverbs 17:16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no heart to it?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:7-8
6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. 7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him. These two verses are a comment upon v. 4 , and show, 1. How those that are rich and great are courted and caressed, and have suitors and servants in abundance. The prince that has power in his hand, and preferments at his disposal, has his gate and his ante-chamber… Read the whole commentary →