Proverbs 8:34

Translations

Modern

Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.

Traditional

Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

Literal

Blessed is the man listening to me, watching at my gates day by day, keeping watch at the posts of my doors.

Latin

Beatus homo qui audit me, et qui vigilat ad fores meas quotidie, et observat ad postes ostii mei.

Interlinear

Hebrew

English

Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.

Notes

Proverbs 8:32–36

Wisdom gives great rewards to those who listen and follow it.

Proverbs 8:1–9:18

The first part of Proverbs reaches a peak when the son meets two women. Both invite the young man, and the reader, into a close relationship. The young man and the reader must choose between:

The woman named Wisdom, who represents God's true wisdom (Proverbs 8:1–9:6)
The woman named Folly (9:13–18), who represents worldly wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:18–2:16)

Both women's houses are on "the heights of the city" (Proverbs 9:3, 14), which suggests ancient temples. The choice is between the true God and false gods.

Related verses

Matthew 7:24
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Luke 11:28
But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Proverbs 3:13
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
Luke 10:39
She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
Psalm 27:4
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
Acts 2:42
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Psalm 84:10
For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
Acts 17:11–12
Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
Proverbs 2:3–4
…if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
Luke 1:6
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
Psalm 92:13
Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

Glossary

Proverbs, Book of Sons and Daughters of God

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