Proverbs 8:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Playing in his earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 16:3 : 3 As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.
  • Ps 40:6-8 : 6 You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request. 7 Then I said, See, I come; it is recorded of me in the roll of the book, 8 My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.
  • John 13:1 : 1 Now before the feast of the Passover, it was clear to Jesus that the time had come for him to go away from this world to the Father. Having once had love for those in the world who were his, his love for them went on to the end.
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 8:30
    87%

    30 Then I was by his side, as a master workman: and I was his delight from day to day, playing before him at all times;

  • Ps 16:3
    75%

    3 As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.

  • Prov 8:32
    75%

    32 Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.

  • Job 8:19
    74%

    19 Such is the joy of his way, and out of the dust another comes up to take his place.

  • Eccl 2:8-10
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    73%

    8 I got together silver and gold and the wealth of kings and of countries. I got makers of song, male and female; and the delights of the sons of men--girls of all sorts to be my brides.

    9 And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.

    10 And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.

  • Prov 4:3
    73%

    3 For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.

  • Prov 8:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18 Wealth and honour are in my hands, even wealth without equal and righteousness.

    19 My fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver.

  • Eccl 8:15
    72%

    15 So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

  • Job 29:4-5
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    72%

    4 As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God;

    5 While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me;

  • Prov 23:15-16
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    72%

    15 My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

    16 And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.

  • Job 31:25-26
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    71%

    25 If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;

    26 If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,

  • Prov 8:25-27
    3 verses
    71%

    25 Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth:

    26 When he had not made the earth or the fields or the dust of the world.

    27 When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep:

  • Prov 8:21-23
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    21 So that I may give my lovers wealth for their heritage, making their store-houses full.

    22 The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past.

    23 From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was.

  • Eccl 2:1
    71%

    1 I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.

  • Prov 27:11
    70%

    11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

  • Eccl 3:22
    70%

    22 So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

  • Job 8:21
    70%

    21 The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.

  • Eccl 11:9
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    9 Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.

  • Eccl 3:12
    70%

    12 I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13 Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

  • Song 2:3
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    3 As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

  • Eccl 2:25
    70%

    25 Who may take food or have pleasure without him?

  • Job 38:7
    70%

    7 When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy?

  • 2 Sam 22:20
    69%

    20 He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

  • Prov 8:12
    69%

    12 I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

  • Eccl 3:18
    69%

    18 I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.

  • Acts 2:26
    69%

    26 And for this cause my heart was glad and my tongue full of joy, and my flesh will be resting in hope:

  • Prov 8:4
    69%

    4 I am crying out to you, O men; my voice comes to the sons of men.

  • Eccl 2:3
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    3 I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.

  • Prov 23:24
    69%

    24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

  • Ps 18:19
    69%

    19 He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

  • Prov 8:34
    69%

    34 Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.

  • Ps 40:8
    69%

    8 My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.

  • Ps 104:34
    69%

    34 Let my thoughts be sweet to him: I will be glad in the Lord.

  • Job 3:14
    69%

    14 With kings and the wise ones of the earth, who put up great houses for themselves;

  • Eccl 5:18
    68%

    18 Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.

  • Eccl 9:9
    68%

    9 Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.

  • Eccl 1:13
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    13 And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

  • Jer 31:26
    68%

    26 At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

  • Eccl 3:10
    68%

    10 I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.