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Proverbs 8:35
35Anyone who finds me, wisdom, finds true life. The Lord will bless that person.
Proverbs 8:35 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)For those who find me find life and receive favor from the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord,
- New King James Version (NKJV)For whoever finds me finds life, And obtains favor from the Lord;
Context of Proverbs 8:35
33Listen when I tell you what is right for you to do. Then you will be wise. Do not forget what I tell you. 34Anyone who listens to me is in a happy place. You can wait outside my home each day, and I will teach you. Anyone who finds me, wisdom, finds true life. The Lord will bless that person. 36But anyone who does not find me brings trouble on himself. Everybody who hates me loves death.’
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כִּ֣י מֹ֭צְאִי מָצָ֣א חַיִּ֑ים וַיָּ֥פֶק רָ֝צ֗וֹן מֵיְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 8:35
- Proverbs 1:33But whoever listens to me, Wisdom, will live safely. That person will have peace in his mind. He will not be afraid of trouble.’
- Proverbs 3:13Anyone who finds wisdom is in a happy place! So is the person who has learned to understand things.
- John 3:16God loved the people in the world so much that he gave his one and only Son to save them. As a result, everyone who believes in the Son will not die. Instead, they will live for ever with God.’
- John 14:6Jesus answered, ‘I am the way. I am the truth. I am the life. Nobody comes to the Father except by me.
- Philippians 3:8Yes, now that I know Christ Jesus as my Lord, that is the most valuable thing. Nothing else is important at all. I have thrown everything else away, so that I can serve Christ. All those other things are like dirt to me. I think about them like that, so that I can have Christ.
- Colossians 3:3Remember that your old nature has died. God is keeping your new life safe with Christ.
- 1 John 5:11This is what God has told us: God has given us life with him that never ends. We receive this life when we believe in his Son, Jesus.
- Proverbs 12:2The Lord helps good people. But he punishes people who want to do evil things.
- Ephesians 1:6As a result, we praise him, because he is great and he has been so kind to us. He has given us so much because of his Son, whom he loves very much.
Commentaries on Proverbs 8:35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35Whoso findeth me - The wisdom that comes from God, teaching to avoid evil and cleave to that which is good; findeth life - gets that knowledge which qualifies him to answer the purposes for which he was made; for he is quickened with Christ, and made a partaker of the Divine life. Christ dwells in his heart by faith; he lives a new life, for Christ liveth in him; the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus makes him free from the law of sin and death…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35Wisdom then is the only true life. The Word, the Light, is also the Life of man John 1:4. The eternal life is to know God and Christ John 17:3.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32-36Verses 32-36 Surely we should hearken to Christ's voice with the readiness of children. Let us all be wise, and not refuse such mercy. Blessed are those who hear the Saviour's voice, and wait on him with daily reading, meditation, and prayer. The children of the world find time for vain amusements, without neglecting what they deem the one thing needful. Does it not show contempt of Wisdom's instructions, when people professing godliness, seek excuses for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35-36Life is the greatest reward for the wise. Rejecting wisdom leads to death. These verses refer to eternal life and death (see Luke 23:43; 1 Corinthians 15).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 32-3632-36. Such an attribute men are urged to seek.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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