Proverbs 8:35
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
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.
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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
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Read in context1 John 5:11–12
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Read in contextProverbs 12:2
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:8
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Read in contextJohn 17:3
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Read in contextColossians 3:3
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Read in contextProverbs 3:13–18
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Read in contextJohn 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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