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Proverbs 8:21
21giving wealth as an inheritance to those who love me, and filling their treasuries.
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 solid gold, and my harvest than pure silver. 20I walk in the ways of righteousness, along the paths of justice, giving wealth as an inheritance to those who love me, and filling their treasuries. 22“The Lord acquired me at the beginning of his creation, before his works of long ago. 23I was formed before ancient times, from the beginning, before the earth began.
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לְהַנְחִ֖יל אֹהֲבַ֥י׀ יֵ֑שׁ וְאֹצְרֹ֖תֵיהֶ֣ם אֲמַלֵּֽא׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 8:21
- Proverbs 8:18With me are riches and honor, lasting wealth and righteousness.
- Proverbs 1:13We’ll find all kinds of valuable property and fill our houses with plunder.
- Proverbs 6:31Still, if caught, he must pay seven times as much; he must give up all the wealth in his house.
- Genesis 15:14However, I will judge the nation they serve, and afterward they will go out with many possessions.
- 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the trash heap. He seats them with noblemen and gives them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; he has set the world on them.
- Matthew 25:46“And 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 children, also heirs — heirs of God and coheirs with Christ — if indeed we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.
- Hebrews 10:34For you sympathized with the prisoners and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, because you know that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession.
- 1 Peter 1:4and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.
- Psalms 16:11You reveal the path of life to me; in your presence is abundant joy; at your right hand are eternal pleasures.
- Ephesians 3:19and to know Christ’s love that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
- Revelation 21:7The one who conquers will inherit these 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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