Proverbs 8:32
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
*Nowe therefore hearken vnto me, O yee children: for blessed are they that keepe my wayes.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referencePsal.119.1, 2. and 128.1. luc.11.28.
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- Luke 11:28Rank 1 from verse 32
- Psalms 119:1–2Rank 2 from verse 32
1BLESSED are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
1¶ Blessed are the ‖vndefiled in the way: who walke in the Law of the LORD.
2Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies: and that seeke him with the whole heart.
- Psalms 1:1–4Rank 3 from verse 32
1BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
1¶ Blessed * is the man that walketh not in the counsell of the ‖vngodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornefull.
2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, *and in his Law doeth he meditate day and night.
3And he shalbe like a tree planted by the riuers of water, that bringeth foorth his fruit in his season, his leafe also shall not †wither, and whatsoeuer he doeth, shall prosper.
4The vngodly are not so: but are *like the chaffe, which the winde driueth away.
- Psalms 128:1Rank 4 from verse 32
- Proverbs 5:7Rank 5 from verse 32
- Proverbs 7:24Rank 6 from verse 32
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Proverbs 8:32
1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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1. Favoured by God, endowed with good, or declared happy. 2. Spoke good of, praised, thanked, or bestowed a blessing upon.
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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.
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31Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
31Reioycing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sonnes of men.
32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
32*Nowe therefore hearken vnto me, O yee children: for blessed are they that keepe my wayes.
Selected passage33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
33Heare instruction, and bee wise, and refuse it not.