Proverbs 8:36
34 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.
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
- But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
- KJV
- But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
- WEB
- But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”
- ASV
- But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.
- DARBY
- but he that sinneth against me doeth violence to his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
- BLB
- but the one sinning against me is wronging his soul; all those hating me love death.”
- ÅB
- Men den som ikke finner meg, skader seg selv; alle de som hater meg, elsker døden.
- OTB
- Men den som ikke finner meg skader seg selv; alle som hater meg elsker døden."
- B1930
- Men den som ikke finner mig, skader sig selv; alle de som hater mig, elsker døden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 15:32
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Read in contextProverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Read in contextJohn 15:23–24
He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
Read in context1 Corinthians 16:22
If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
Read in contextProverbs 12:1
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Read in contextProverbs 20:2
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
Read in contextHebrews 10:29
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Read in contextJohn 3:19–20
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
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