Proverbs 8:34

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Prov 3:13 : 13 ¶ Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.
  • Matt 7:24 : 24 ‹Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:›
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
  • Luke 10:39 : 39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
  • Luke 11:28 : 28 But he said, ‹Yea rather, blessed› [are] ‹they that hear the word of God, and keep it.›
  • John 8:31-32 : 31 ¶ Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, ‹If ye continue in my word,› [then] ‹are ye my disciples indeed;› 32 ‹And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.›
  • Acts 2:42 : 42 ¶ And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
  • Acts 17:11-12 : 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
  • Jas 1:22-25 : 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
  • Ps 27:4 : 4 One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in thy courts [is] better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
  • Ps 92:13 : 13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
  • Prov 1:21 : 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],
  • Prov 2:3-4 : 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;

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