Proverbs 8:32-36

³²And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.j

³³Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.

³⁴O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.k

³⁵For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.l

³⁶And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!m

Proverbs 8 presents a stunning personification of Wisdom as a woman who calls out publicly, offering insight and life to all who will listen. She stands at the city gates, the crossroads of human decision, and her voice is clear, compelling, and authoritative. This chapter is a high

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a: v.10 — Proverbs 2:4-5, Psalms 119:127, Psalms 119:72, Proverbs 23:23, Proverbs 3:13-15, Proverbs 10:20, Ecclesiastes 7:11, Acts 3:6, Proverbs 16:16, Psalms 119:162
b: v.13 — Psalms 97:10, Proverbs 16:6, 1 Samuel 2:3, Proverbs 4:24, 1 Thessalonians 5:22, 1 Peter 5:5, Amos 5:15, Psalms 119:128, Proverbs 6:12, Proverbs 16:18
c: v.15 — Romans 13:1, Daniel 2:21, Matthew 28:18, Revelation 19:16, Jeremiah 27:5-7, Daniel 4:32, Daniel 7:13-14, Daniel 5:18-31, 1 Chronicles 28:5, Isaiah 1:26
d: v.17 — John 14:23, John 14:21, Psalms 91:14, Isaiah 55:6, 1 John 4:19, 1 Samuel 2:30, Matthew 7:7-8, Matthew 6:33, Isaiah 45:19, James 1:5
e: v.22 — Colossians 1:17, John 1:1-2, Proverbs 3:19, Psalms 104:24, Job 28:26-28
f: v.23 — Preordained from eternity: Revelation 13:8, 1 Peter 1:19; John 17:24, Psalms 2:6, Genesis 1:26, Micah 5:2, John 17:5, 1 John 1:1-2, Ephesians 1:10-11
g: v.27 — Isaiah 40:22, Job 26:10, Proverbs 3:19, Psalms 136:5, Colossians 1:16, Jeremiah 10:12, Isaiah 40:11, Hebrews 1:2, Psalms 33:6, Psalms 103:19
h: v.29 — Psalms 104:9, Jeremiah 5:22, Genesis 1:9-10, Psalms 104:5, Job 38:4-11, Psalms 33:7
i: v.30 — John 1:1-3, John 1:18, Isaiah 42:1, Matthew 3:17, John 16:28, John 12:28, Colossians 1:13, Matthew 17:5
j: v.32 — Luke 11:28, Psalms 119:1-2, Psalms 1:1-4, Psalms 128:1, Proverbs 5:7, Proverbs 7:24
k: v.34 — Luke 11:28, Matthew 7:24, Proverbs 3:13, Luke 10:39, Acts 2:42, Psalms 84:10, Acts 17:11-12, Psalms 27:4, Proverbs 3:18, Proverbs 2:3-4
l: v.35 — John 3:36, 1 John 5:11-12, Proverbs 12:2, Philippians 3:8, John 17:3, Colossians 3:3, Proverbs 3:13-18, John 14:6, Ephesians 1:6, Proverbs 1:33
m: v.36 — Proverbs 15:32, Proverbs 1:31, John 15:23-24, 1 Corinthians 16:22, Proverbs 20:2, Proverbs 12:1, John 3:19-20, Hebrews 10:29, Proverbs 5:11-12, Ezekiel 18:31

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