Proverbs 19:8
Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good.
Young's Literal Translation
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 is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.
Cross References
Psalms 19:11Also — Thy servant is warned by them, 'In keeping them [is] a great reward.'
Proverbs 3:18A tree of life she [is] to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her [is] happy.
Proverbs 3:22And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Proverbs 4:6Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.
Proverbs 8:35For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
Proverbs 17:16Why [is] this — a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?
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 →