Proverbs 8:34
32 Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
33 Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
35 For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
36 But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
- KJV
- Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
- WEB
- Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
- ASV
- Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
- DARBY
- Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
- BLB
- Blessed [is] the man listening to me, watching at my gates day by day, keeping watch [at] the posts of my doors.
- ÅB
- Salig er det menneske som hører på meg, så han våker ved mine dører dag etter dag og vokter mine dørstolper.
- OTB
- Lykkelig er den som lytter til meg, som daglig våker ved mine porter, venter ved mine dørstolper.
- B1930
- Salig er det menneske som hører på mig, så han våker ved mine dører dag efter dag og vokter mine dørstolper.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 7:24
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Read in contextLuke 11:28
But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Read in contextProverbs 3:13
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
Read in contextPsalms 27:4
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
Read in contextActs 2:42
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Read in contextLuke 10:39
She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
Read in contextPsalms 84:10
For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
Read in contextActs 17:11–12
Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
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