Proverbs 8:17

American Standard Version (1901)

I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 14:21 : 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.
  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
  • Ps 91:14 : 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
  • John 14:23 : 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
  • 1 John 4:19 : 19 We love, because he first loved us.
  • Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
  • Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
  • John 16:27 : 27 for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father.
  • Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
  • Mark 10:14 : 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me; forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God.
  • Prov 1:28 : 28 Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
  • Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

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    34Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.

    35For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.

    36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.

  • Prov 8:18
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    18Riches and honor are with me; [Yea], durable wealth and righteousness.

  • Prov 8:20-22
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    20I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice;

    21That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries.

    22Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.

  • Prov 8:12-16
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    12I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge [and] discretion.

    13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

    14Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.

    15By me kings reign, And princes decree justice.

    16By me princes rule, And nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.

  • Prov 1:28
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    28Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

  • Jer 29:12-13
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    12And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

    13And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

  • Prov 7:15
    72%

    15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

  • Prov 2:4-5
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    4If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:

    5Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 8:31-32
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    31Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.

    32Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.

  • Ps 119:10
    70%

    10With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.

  • Song 3:1-3
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    70%

    1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

    2[ I said], I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

    3The watchmen that go about the city found me; [To whom I said], Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

  • Ps 119:2
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    2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.

  • Prov 21:21
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    21He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.

  • Ps 119:47
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    47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.

  • John 14:21
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    21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.

  • Ps 27:8
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    8[ When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.

  • Ps 119:127
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    127Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold, yea, above fine gold.

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    1I am inquired of by them that asked not [for me] ; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.

  • Deut 4:29
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    29But from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, when thou searchest after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

  • Prov 11:27
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    27He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favor; But he that searcheth after evil, it shall come unto him.

  • Isa 58:2
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    2Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.

  • Eccl 7:24-25
    2 verses
    68%

    24That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

    25I turned about, and my heart [was set] to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason [of things], and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

  • Prov 8:9
    68%

    9They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.

  • 1 Chr 28:9
    67%

    9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

  • Isa 55:6
    67%

    6Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:

  • Prov 4:6
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    6Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

  • Ps 18:1
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    1[For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said], I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

  • Prov 3:18
    67%

    18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.

  • Jer 17:10
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    10I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

  • Prov 18:22
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    22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.

  • Isa 26:9
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    9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

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    159Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.

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    1A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [And] loving favor rather than silver and gold.