Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs 8:21
21bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.
Proverbs 8:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
- New International Version (NIV)bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me and making their treasuries full.
- English Standard Version (ESV)granting an inheritance to those who love me, and filling their treasuries.
- New King James Version (NKJV)That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, That I may fill their treasuries.
Context of Proverbs 8:21
19My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver. 20I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full. 22The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old. 23From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
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לְהַנְחִ֖יל אֹהֲבַ֥י׀ יֵ֑שׁ וְאֹצְרֹ֖תֵיהֶ֣ם אֲמַלֵּֽא׃ פRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 8:21
- Proverbs 8:18With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.
- Proverbs 1:13We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.
- Proverbs 6:31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
- Genesis 15:14But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
- 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
- Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- Romans 8:17And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
- Hebrews 10:34You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
- 1 Peter 1:4and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
- Psalms 16:11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
- Ephesians 3:19of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
- Revelation 21:7The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
Commentaries on Proverbs 8:21
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-21Verses 12-21 Wisdom, here is Christ, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge; it is Christ in the word, and Christ in the heart; not only Christ revealed to us, but Christ revealed in us. All prudence and skill are from the Lord. Through the redemption of Christ's precious blood, the riches of his grace abound in all wisdom and prudence. Man found out many inventions for ruin; God found one for our recovery. He hates pride and arrogance…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-36The first part of Proverbs reaches a peak when the son meets two women. Both invite the young man, and the reader, into a close relationship. The young man and the reader must choose between: The woman named Wisdom, who represents God's true wisdom (Proverbs 8:1–9:6) The woman named Folly (9:13–18), who represents worldly wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:18–2:16) Both women's houses are on "the heights of the city" (Proverbs 9:3, 14), which suggests ancient…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2120-21. The courses in which wisdom leads conduct to a true present prosperity (Pr 23:5).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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