Proverbs 8:35
For whoso finds me finds life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
Updated King James Version
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 hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
36But he that sins against me wrongs his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:33But whoso hearkens unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Proverbs 4:13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your life.
Proverbs 12:2A good man obtains 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 believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 14:6Jesus says unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.
Ephesians 1:6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has made us accepted 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 →