Proverbs 8:34

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:13 : 13 Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.
  • Matt 7:24 : 24 Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.
  • Luke 10:39 : 39 And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.
  • Luke 11:28 : 28 But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.
  • John 8:31-32 : 31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples; 32 And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free.
  • Acts 2:42 : 42 And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.
  • Acts 17:11-12 : 11 Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so. 12 And a number of them had faith, and no small number of the Greek women of high position and of the men.
  • Jas 1:22-25 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas. 23 Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass; 24 For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like. 25 But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.
  • Ps 27:4 : 4 One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.
  • Ps 92:13 : 13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens.
  • Prov 1:21 : 21 Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town:
  • Prov 2:3-4 : 3 Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge; 4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

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  • Prov 8:1-4
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    1 Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding?

    2 At the top of the highways, at the meeting of the roads, she takes her place;

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

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

  • Prov 7:6
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    6 Looking out from my house, and watching through the window,

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  • Prov 3:17-18
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    17 Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.

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  • Prov 9:14-16
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    14 Seated at the door of her house, in the high places of the town,

    15 Crying out to those who go by, going straight on their way, she says:

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  • Prov 8:17-18
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    17 Those who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me.

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  • Prov 7:8
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    8 Walking in the street near the turn of her road, going on the way to her house,

  • Prov 4:20
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    20 My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.

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    5 (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

  • Prov 1:33
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    33 But whoever gives ear to me will take his rest safely, living in peace without fear of evil.

  • Prov 4:10
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    10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

  • Prov 5:1
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    1 My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:

  • Prov 7:24
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    24 So now, my sons, give ear to me; give attention to the sayings of my mouth;

  • Ps 1:1
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    1 Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

  • Prov 9:4
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  • 1 Kgs 10:8
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    8 Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.

  • Ps 128:4
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    4 See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the Lord.

  • Prov 2:1-2
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    1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

    2 So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

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    31 The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.

  • Luke 11:28
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    28 But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.

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    7 Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.

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    17 Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

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    6 Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.

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    19 This is what the Lord has said to me: Go and take your place in the doorway of Benjamin, where the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the doorways of Jerusalem;

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    4 And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:

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    10 For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.

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    12 What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?

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    3 O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

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    12 Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.

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    32 Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.

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    13 You who have your resting-place in the gardens, the friends give ear to your voice; make me give ear to it.

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    31 Give her credit for what her hands have made: let her be praised by her works in the public place.