Proverbs 8:31

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights [were] with the sons of men.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 16:3 : 3 [But] to the saints that [are] in the earth, and [to] the excellent, in whom [is] all my delight.
  • Ps 40:6-8 : 6 ¶ Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me, 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.
  • John 13:1 : 1 ¶ Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus saith unto them, ‹My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.›

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 8:30
    87%

    30Then I was by him, [as] one brought up [with him]: and I was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him;

  • Ps 16:3
    75%

    3[But] to the saints that [are] in the earth, and [to] the excellent, in whom [is] all my delight.

  • Prov 8:32
    75%

    32¶ Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed [are they that] keep my ways.

  • Job 8:19
    74%

    19Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

  • Eccl 2:8-10
    3 verses
    73%

    8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, [as] musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

    9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

    10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

  • Prov 4:3
    73%

    3For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother.

  • Prov 8:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18Riches and honour [are] with me; [yea], durable riches and righteousness.

    19My fruit [is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

  • Eccl 8:15
    72%

    15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

  • Job 29:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;

    5When the Almighty [was] yet with me, [when] my children [were] about me;

  • Prov 23:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

    16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

  • Job 31:25-26
    2 verses
    71%

    25If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

    26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness;

  • Prov 8:25-27
    3 verses
    71%

    25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

    26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

    27When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

  • Prov 8:21-23
    3 verses
    71%

    21That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

    22¶ The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

    23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

  • Eccl 2:1
    71%

    1¶ I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [is] vanity.

  • Prov 27:11
    70%

    11¶ My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

  • Eccl 3:22
    70%

    22Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

  • Job 8:21
    70%

    21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

  • Eccl 11:9
    70%

    9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.

  • Eccl 3:12
    70%

    12I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

  • Prov 3:13
    70%

    13¶ Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.

  • Song 2:3
    70%

    3¶ As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so [is] my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit [was] sweet to my taste.

  • Eccl 2:25
    70%

    25For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I?

  • Job 38:7
    70%

    7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

  • 2 Sam 22:20
    69%

    20He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

  • Prov 8:12
    69%

    12¶ I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

  • Eccl 3:18
    69%

    18I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

  • Acts 2:26
    69%

    26Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

  • Prov 8:4
    69%

    4Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons of man.

  • Eccl 2:3
    69%

    3I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

  • Prov 23:24
    69%

    24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.

  • Ps 18:19
    69%

    19He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

  • Prov 8:34
    69%

    34Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

  • Ps 40:8
    69%

    8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.

  • Ps 104:34
    69%

    34My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.

  • Job 3:14
    69%

    14With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;

  • Eccl 5:18
    68%

    18¶ Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and comely [for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it [is] his portion.

  • Eccl 9:9
    68%

    9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that [is] thy portion in [this] life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

  • Eccl 1:13
    68%

    13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all [things] that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

  • Jer 31:26
    68%

    26Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.

  • Eccl 3:10
    68%

    10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.