Proverbs 8:35
For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
In Context
36And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!
Cross References
Proverbs 1:33And whoso is hearkening to me dwelleth confidently, And [is] quiet from fear of evil!'
Proverbs 4:13Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she [is] thy life.
Proverbs 12:2The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
John 3:16for God did so love the world, that His Son — the only begotten — He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.
John 14:6Jesus saith to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;
Ephesians 1:6to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make 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 →