Proverbs 8:31
Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights [are] with the sons of men.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
In Context
30Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight — day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times,
32And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.
Cross References
Psalms 16:3For the holy ones who [are] in the land, And the honourable, all my delight [is] in them.
John 4:34Jesus saith to them, 'My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;
2 Corinthians 8:9for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor — being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:23-32
Wisdom Eternal and Divine. 22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. 27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when… Read the whole commentary →