Proverbs 8:21

that I make rich them that love me (or so that I make rich those who love me), and that I fill their treasures/their treasuries.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

In Context

20I go in the ways of rightfulness, in the midst of the paths of doom; (I go on the ways of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice;)

22The Lord wielded me in the beginning of his ways (or The Lord created me at the beginning of his ways); before that he made anything, (yea), at the (very) beginning.

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Cross References

Genesis 15:14nevertheless I shall deem the folk to whom they shall serve; and after these things they shall go out with great chattel. (nevertheless I shall judge the nation for whom they shall be slaves; and after these things they shall go out with many possessions.)

Psalms 16:11Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt [full-]fill me with gladness with thy cheer; delightings be in thy right half unto the end. (Thou hast made known to me the way of life; thou shalt fill me full of gladness when I go before thee; delights be at thy right hand forever.)

Proverbs 6:31And he taken shall yield the seventhfold (or And if he is caught, he shall give back sevenfold); and he shall give all the chattel of his house, and (so he) shall deliver himself.

Proverbs 24:4[The] Cellars shall be filled in teaching, with all riches precious and full fair. (By knowledge and study, the cellars shall be filled with all precious and beautiful things of riches.)

John 1:1In the beginning was the word, [that is, God’s son, (or God’s Son)], and the word was at God, and God was the word.

Ephesians 3:19also to know the charity of Christ more excellent (ly) than science, that ye be [full-]filled in all the plenty of God. (and also to know the love of the Messiah more completely than knowledge itself, so that ye be filled full with all the abundance of God.)

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:13-22

The Advantages of Wisdom. 12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. 13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. 14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength. 15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. 16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. 17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. 18 Riches and honour are with me;… Read the whole commentary →

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