Proverbs 8:35
33 Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.
34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
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.
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- BSB
- For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
- KJV
- For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
- WEB
- For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from the LORD.
- ASV
- For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.
- DARBY
- For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah;
- BLB
- For the one finding me has found life, and he brings forth favor from YHWH;
- ÅB
- For den som finner meg, finner livet og får nåde hos Herren.
- OTB
- For den som finner meg oppdager livet og mottar nåde fra Herren.
- B1930
- For den som finner mig, finner livet og får nåde hos Herren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
Read in context1 John 5:11–12
And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
Read in contextProverbs 12:2
The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:8
More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
Read in contextJohn 17:3
Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
Read in contextColossians 3:3
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
Read in contextProverbs 3:13–18
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
Read in contextJohn 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
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