Proverbs 8:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

I love those who love me; and those who seek me early shall find me.

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  • John 14:21 : 21 He who has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves me: and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.
  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore the LORD God of Israel says, I did indeed say that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now the LORD says, Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
  • Ps 91:14 : 14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him: I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
  • John 14:23 : 23 Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
  • 1 John 4:19 : 19 We love Him because He first loved us.
  • Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
  • Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it will be opened.
  • John 16:27 : 27 For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God.
  • Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Seek Me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
  • Mark 10:14 : 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said to them, Allow the little children to come to me, and do not forbid them: for of such is the kingdom of God.
  • Prov 1:28 : 28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;
  • Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days do not come, nor the years draw near when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;

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  • Prov 8:34-36
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    81%

    34Blessed is the one who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

    35For whoever finds me finds life and will obtain favor from the LORD.

    36But whoever sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those who hate me love death.

  • Prov 8:18
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    18Riches and honor are with me; yes, enduring riches and righteousness.

  • Prov 8:20-22
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    76%

    20I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment,

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

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

  • Prov 8:12-16
    5 verses
    75%

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

    13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

    14Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, I have strength.

    15By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

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

  • Prov 1:28
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    28Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;

  • Jer 29:12-13
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    12Then you will call upon me, and you will go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

    13And you will seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.

  • Prov 7:15
    72%

    15So I came out to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.

  • Prov 2:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;

    5Then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.

  • Prov 19:8
    71%

    8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 8:31-32
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    71%

    31Rejoicing in the inhabitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

    32Now therefore listen to me, O children, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

  • Ps 119:10
    70%

    10With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your commandments.

  • Song 3:1-3
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    70%

    1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I did not find him.

    2I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I did not find him.

    3The watchmen who go about the city found me: to whom I said, Have you seen him whom my soul loves?

  • Ps 119:2
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    2Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, and who seek Him with their whole heart.

  • Prov 3:13
    69%

    13Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.

  • Prov 21:21
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    21He who follows after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honor.

  • Ps 119:47
    69%

    47And I will delight myself in Your commandments, which I love.

  • John 14:21
    69%

    21He who has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves me: and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.

  • Ps 27:8
    69%

    8When You said, 'Seek My face,' my heart said to You, 'Your face, LORD, I will seek.'

  • Ps 119:127
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    127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, yes, than fine gold.

  • Isa 65:1
    68%

    1I am sought by those who did not ask for me; I am found by those who did not seek me. I said, 'Here I am, here I am,' to a nation that was not called by my name.

  • Deut 4:29
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    29But if from there you shall seek the LORD your God, you shall find him, if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.

  • Prov 11:27
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    27He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but he who seeks evil, it shall come to him.

  • Isa 58:2
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    2Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice and take delight in approaching God.

  • Eccl 7:24-25
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    24That which is far off and exceedingly deep, who can find it out?

    25I applied my heart to know, to search, and to seek out wisdom and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even foolishness and madness.

  • Prov 8:9
    68%

    9They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.

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    9And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind: for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

  • Isa 55:6
    67%

    6Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.

  • Prov 4:6
    67%

    6Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you: love her, and she will keep you.

  • Ps 18:1
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    1I will love you, O LORD, my strength.

  • Prov 3:18
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    18She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her: and happy is everyone who retains her.

  • Jer 17:10
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    10I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.

  • Prov 18:22
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    22Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

  • Isa 26:9
    67%

    9With my soul I have desired You in the night; yes, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

  • Ps 119:159
    67%

    159Consider how I love Your precepts; revive me, O LORD, according to Your lovingkindness.

  • Prov 22:1
    67%

    1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.