Proverbs 8:36

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“But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.””

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BSBPD

“But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 8:36 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
  2. Proverbs 1:32For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
  3. Proverbs 5:11At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
  4. Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
  5. Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
  6. Proverbs 15:32He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
  7. Proverbs 20:2The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
  8. Proverbs 21:6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
  9. Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
  10. Ezekiel 33:11Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
  11. John 3:19And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
  12. John 15:23Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
  13. Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
  14. Acts 16:28But Paul called out in a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself! We are all here!”
  15. 1 Corinthians 16:22If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
  16. Hebrews 2:3how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
  17. Hebrews 10:29How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

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