English Standard Version
Proverbs 8:35
35For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord,
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For whoever finds me finds life, And obtains favor from the Lord;
- New Living Translation (NLT)For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord.
Context of Proverbs 8:35
33Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it. 34Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors. For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord, 36but he who fails to find me injures himself; all who hate me love death."
Read all of Proverbs 8Proverbs 8:35 word by word
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 will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster."
- Proverbs 3:13Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding,
- John 3:16"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
- John 14:6Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
- Philippians 3:8Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
- Colossians 3:3For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
- 1 John 5:11And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- Proverbs 12:2A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns.
- Ephesians 1:6to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
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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