Proverbs 8:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

I loue them that loue me: and they that seeke me earely, shall finde me.

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  • John 14:21 : 21 He that hath my commandements, & keepeth them, is he that loueth me: and he that loueth me, shall be loued of my Father: and I will loue him, & wil shewe mine owne selfe to him.
  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Wherefore the Lorde God of Israel saith, I saide, that thine house and the house of thy father should walke before mee for euer: but nowe the Lord saith, It shall not be so: for them that honour me, I will honour, and they that despise me, shall be despised.
  • Ps 91:14 : 14 Because he hath loued me, therefore will I deliuer him: I will exalt him because hee hath knowen my Name.
  • John 14:23 : 23 Iesus answered, and sayd vnto him, If any man loue me, he will keepe my worde, and my Father will loue him, and we wil come vnto him, and wil dwell with him.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacke wisedome, let him aske of God, which giueth to all men liberally, & reprocheth no man, and it shalbe giuen him.
  • 1 John 4:19 : 19 We loue him, because he loued vs first.
  • Isa 55:6 : 6 Seeke ye the Lord while he may be found: call ye vpon him while he is neere.
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But seeke ye first the kingdome of God, and his righteousnesse, and all these things shall be ministred vnto you.
  • Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Aske, and it shall be giuen you: seeke, and ye shall finde: knocke, and it shall be opened vnto you. 8 For whosoeuer asketh, receiueth: and he, that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.
  • John 16:27 : 27 For the Father himselfe loueth you, because ye haue loued me, and haue beleeued that I came out from God.
  • Isa 45:19 : 19 I haue not spoken in secrete, neither in a place of darkenes in the earth: I saide not in vaine vnto the seede of Iaakob, Seeke you me: I the Lord doe speake righteousnesse, and declare righteous things.
  • Mark 10:14 : 14 But when Iesus sawe it, he was displeased, and said to them, Suffer the litle children to come vnto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdome of God.
  • Prov 1:28 : 28 Then shall they call vpon me, but I will not answere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me,
  • Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember nowe thy Creator in the daies of thy youth, whiles the euill daies come not, nor the yeeres approche, wherein thou shalt say, I haue no pleasure in them:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 8:34-36
    3 verses
    81%

    34Blessed is the man that heareth mee, watching dayly at my gates, & giuing attendance at the postes of my doores.

    35For he that findeth me, findeth life, and shal obteine fauour of the Lord.

    36But he that sinneth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and all that hate me, loue death.

  • Prov 8:18
    80%

    18Riches and honour are with me: euen durable riches and righteousnesse.

  • Prov 8:20-22
    3 verses
    76%

    20I cause to walke in the way of righteousnes, and in the middes of the paths of iudgement,

    21That I may cause them that loue me, to inherite substance, and I will fill their treasures.

    22The Lord hath possessed me in the beginning of his way: I was before his workes of olde.

  • Prov 8:12-16
    5 verses
    75%

    12I wisdome dwell with prudence, and I find foorth knowledge and counsels.

    13The feare of the Lord is to hate euill as pride, and arrogancie, and the euill way: and a mouth that speaketh lewde things, I doe hate.

    14I haue counsell and wisedome: I am vnderstanding, and I haue strength.

    15By me, Kings reigne, and princes decree iustice.

    16By me princes rule and the nobles, and all the iudges of the earth.

  • Prov 1:28
    73%

    28Then shall they call vpon me, but I will not answere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me,

  • Jer 29:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12Then shall you crie vnto mee, and ye shal go and pray vnto me, and I will heare you,

    13And ye shall seeke mee and finde mee, because ye shall seeke mee with all your heart.

  • Prov 7:15
    72%

    15Therefore came I forth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face: and I haue found thee.

  • Prov 2:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4If thou seekest her as siluer, & searchest for her as for treasures,

    5Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God.

  • Prov 19:8
    71%

    8He that possesseth vnderstanding, loueth his owne soule, and keepeth wisdome to finde goodnesse.

  • Prov 8:31-32
    2 verses
    71%

    31And tooke my solace in the compasse of his earth: and my delite is with the children of men.

    32Therefore nowe hearken, O children, vnto me: for blessed are they that keepe my wayes.

  • Ps 119:10
    70%

    10With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.

  • Song 3:1-3
    3 verses
    70%

    1In my bed by night I sought him that my soule loued: I sought him, but I found him not.

    2I will rise therefore nowe, and goe about in the citie, by the streetes and by the open places, and wil seeke him that my soule loueth: I sought him, but I found him not.

    3The watchmen that went about the citie, found mee: to whome I said, Haue you seene him, whome my soule loueth?

  • Ps 119:2
    70%

    2Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.

  • Prov 3:13
    69%

    13Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.

  • Prov 21:21
    69%

    21He that followeth after righteousnes and mercy, shal finde life, righteousnes, and glory.

  • Ps 119:47
    69%

    47And my delite shalbe in thy commaundements, which I haue loued.

  • John 14:21
    69%

    21He that hath my commandements, & keepeth them, is he that loueth me: and he that loueth me, shall be loued of my Father: and I will loue him, & wil shewe mine owne selfe to him.

  • Ps 27:8
    69%

    8When thou saidest, Seeke ye my face, mine heart answered vnto thee, O Lorde, I will seeke thy face.

  • Ps 119:127
    69%

    127Therefore loue I thy commaundements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.

  • Isa 65:1
    68%

    1I haue bene sought of them that asked not: I was found of them that sought me not: I sayd, Beholde me, beholde me, vnto a nation that called not vpon my Name.

  • Deut 4:29
    68%

    29But if from thence thou shalt seeke the Lord thy God, thou shalt finde him, if thou seeke him with all thine heart, and with all thy soule.

  • Prov 11:27
    68%

    27He that seeketh good things, getteth fauour: but he that seeketh euill, it shall come to him.

  • Isa 58:2
    68%

    2Yet they seeke me dayly, and will knowe my wayes, euen as a nation that did righteously, and had not forsaken the statutes of their God: they aske of me the ordinances of iustice: they wil drawe neere vnto God, saying,

  • Eccl 7:24-25
    2 verses
    68%

    24(7:26) It is farre off, what may it be? And it is a profound deepenesse, who can finde it?

    25(7:27) I haue compassed about, both I and mine heart to knowe and to enquire and to search wisedome, and reason, and to knowe the wickednesse of follie, and the foolishnesse of madnesse,

  • Prov 8:9
    68%

    9They are all plaine to him that will vnderstande, and streight to them that woulde finde knowledge.

  • 1 Chr 28:9
    67%

    9And thou, Salomon my sonne, know thou the God of thy father, and serue him with a perfit heart, and with a willing minde: For the Lorde searcheth all hearts, and vnderstandeth all the imaginations of thoughts: if thou seeke him, he will be found of thee, but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for euer.

  • Isa 55:6
    67%

    6Seeke ye the Lord while he may be found: call ye vpon him while he is neere.

  • Prov 4:6
    67%

    6Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.

  • Ps 18:1
    67%

    1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid the seruant of the Lorde, which spake vnto the Lord the wordes of this song (in the day that the Lorde deliuered him from the hande of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul) and sayd, I will loue thee dearely, O Lord my strength.

  • Prov 3:18
    67%

    18She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.

  • Jer 17:10
    67%

    10I the Lord search the heart, and try ye reines, euen to giue euery man according to his wayes, and according to the fruite of his workes.

  • Prov 18:22
    67%

    22He that findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and receiueth fauour of the Lord.

  • Isa 26:9
    67%

    9With my soule haue I desired thee in the night, and with my spirit within mee will I seeke thee in the morning: for seeing thy iudgements are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learne righteousnesse.

  • Ps 119:159
    67%

    159Consider, O Lorde, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.

  • Prov 22:1
    67%

    1A good name is to be chosen aboue great riches, and louing fauour is aboue siluer and aboue golde.