Proverbs 8:35
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For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
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The word of God is two-fold, and, in both senses, is wisdom; for a word without wisdom is of little value, and wisdom without a word is of little use. Now, I. Divine revelation is the word and wisdom of God, and that pure religion and undefiled which is built upon it; and of that Solomon here speaks, recommending it to us as faithful, and well worthy of all acceptation (Pro 8:1-2). God, by it, instructs, and governs, and blesses, the children of men. II. The redeemer is the eternal Word and wisdom, the Logos. He is the Wisdom that speaks to the children of men in the former part of the chapter. All divine revelation passes through his hand, and centres in him; but of him as the personal Wisdom, the second person in the Godhead, in the judgment of many of the ancients, Solomon here speaks (Pro 8:22-31). He concludes with a repeated charge to the children of men diligently to attend to the voice of God in his word (Pro 8:32-36).
Open source ↗8:35-36 Life is the ultimate reward for the wise, while rejecting wisdom results in death. These verses point to eternal life and death (see Luke 23:43; 1 Cor 15).
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Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
More 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
Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
For 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.
For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.