New Living Translation
Proverbs 8:35
35For whoever finds me finds life and receives 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.
- 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 to my instruction and be wise. Don’t ignore it. 34Joyful are those who listen to me, watching for me daily at my gates, waiting for me outside my home! For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord. 36But those who miss me injure themselves. 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 8:35
- Proverbs 1:33But all who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm.”
- Proverbs 3:13Joyful is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding.
- John 3:16“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
- John 14:6Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
- Philippians 3:8Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ
- Colossians 3:3For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.
- 1 John 5:11And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- Proverbs 12:2The Lord approves of those who are good, but he condemns those who plan wickedness.
- Ephesians 1:6So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.
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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