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Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 8:35

Proverbs 8:35Whoso findeth Me findeth life.The Christian life delineated: Christ to be found in the ordinances, with the import and happy effects of finding HimI. The ordinances are the place where Christ is to be found of poor sinners 1. What are the ordinances? The Divine ordinance of meditation. Christian conference about spiritual matters. Singing of the Lord’s praises. Prayer. The Word. Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.2. Confirm this doctrine. The ordinances are by Christ’s own appointment... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 8:35

Pro 8:35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. Ver. 35. For whoso findeth me, findeth life. ] Lest any man should hold it too hard a task to wait at wisdom’s gates - as princes’ guards, or as the Levites did in the temple - she tells them what they shall have for so doing. And shall obtain favour. ] Which is better than life. God’s favour is no empty favour; it is not like the winter’s sun, that casts a goodly countenance when it shines, but gives little heat... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 8:35

whoso: Proverbs 1:33, Proverbs 3:13-Job :, John 3:16, John 3:36, John 14:6, Philippians 3:8, Colossians 3:3, 1 John 5:11, 1 John 5:12 obtain: Heb. bring forth favour: Proverbs 12:2, Ephesians 1:6 Reciprocal: Genesis 6:8 - General Proverbs 12:28 - General Proverbs 14:9 - among Proverbs 16:20 - handleth Proverbs 18:22 - and Proverbs 19:8 - loveth Proverbs 19:20 - receive Ecclesiastes 7:12 - the excellency 2 Timothy 2:10 - obtain 1 Peter 3:10 - love read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 8:35-36

35, 36. That sinneth against me חשׂאי , misses me, taking the word in its primitive sense, which best suits the context, as it stands opposed to those finding or meeting her in the preceding verse. Wrongeth his own soul חמס נפשׁו , does violence to his own life, commits suicide. All they that hate me love death That is, their conduct will be their destruction. They love their own evil way which leads to death, and hence, by a bold metaphor, they are represented as loving death... read more

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