Proverbs 8:34
32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that 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 whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Read in contextLuke 11:28
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Read in contextProverbs 3:13
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Read in contextPsalms 27:4
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
Read in contextActs 2:42
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Read in contextLuke 10:39
And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.
Read in contextPsalms 84:10
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Read in contextActs 17:11–12
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
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