Proverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man that hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
In Context
33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
35For whoso finds me finds life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
Cross References
1 Kings 10:8Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, which stand continually before you, and that hear your wisdom.
Psalms 84:10For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Proverbs 1:21She cries in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she utters her words, saying,
Proverbs 3:13Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets understanding.
Matthew 7:24Therefore whosoever hears these sayings (o. logos) of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Luke 10:39And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. (o. logos)
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 →