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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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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 36

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).

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Strong's Concordancev. 36

חָטָא (châṭâʼ, H2398) — properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit,… חָמַס (châmaç, H2554) — to be violent; by implication, to maltreat נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, H5315) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in… שָׂנֵא (sânêʼ, H8130) — to hate (personally) אָהַב (ʼâhab, H157) — to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) מָוֶת (mâveth, H4194) — death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades);…

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So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

I Corinthians 16:22rank 11

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Proverbs 12:1rank 9

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Proverbs 20:2rank 9

The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.

Hebrews 10:29rank 8

How 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?

Ezekiel 18:31rank 7

Cast 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?

Hebrews 2:3rank 7

how 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,

Ezekiel 33:11rank 6

Say 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?’

Acts 13:46rank 5

Then 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.

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