Proverbs 8:34

Proverbs chapter 8 · verse 34 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.

Context

v.33Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.

v.34This passage

v.35For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 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.

  • John 8:31

    Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples;

  • Proverbs 2:3

    Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;

  • Matthew 7:24

    Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:

  • Psalms 27:4

    One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.

  • Proverbs 3:18

    She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.