Proverbs 8:36
And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
In Context
35For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:31And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.
Proverbs 5:11And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,
Proverbs 12:1Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof [is] brutish.
Proverbs 20:2The fear of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.
Ezekiel 18:31Cast from off you all your transgressions, By which ye have transgressed, And make to you a new heart, and a new spirit, And why do ye die, O house of Israel?
John 3:19'And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;
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 →