Proverbs 8:35
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.”
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BSBPD
“For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 8:35 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 1:33But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
- Proverbs 3:13Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
- Proverbs 4:13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
- Proverbs 4:22For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
- Proverbs 12:2The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
- Ecclesiastes 7:12For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
- John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
- Ephesians 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
- Philippians 3:8More 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
- Colossians 3:3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
- 1 John 5:11And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
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