Proverbs 8:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 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 You did not desire; my ears You have opened: burnt offering and sin offering You have not required. 7 Then I said, Behold, I come: in the scroll of the book it is written of me, 8 I delight to do Your will, O my God: yes, Your law is within my heart.
  • John 13:1 : 1 Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that through his poverty you might become rich.
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of him who 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%

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

  • Prov 8:32
    75%

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

  • Job 8:19
    74%

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

  • Eccl 2:8-10
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    73%

    8I gathered for myself silver and gold and the special treasures of kings and of the provinces. I acquired male and female singers, the delights of the sons of men, and various kinds of musical instruments.

    9So I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also, my wisdom remained with me.

    10And whatever my eyes desired, I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my reward from all my labor.

  • Prov 4:3
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    3For I was my father's son, tender and dearly loved in the sight of my mother.

  • Prov 8:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18Riches and honor are with me; yes, enduring riches and righteousness.

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

  • Eccl 8:15
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    15So I commended joy, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun.

  • Job 29:4-5
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    72%

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

    5When the Almighty was still with me, when my children were around me;

  • Prov 23:15-16
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    72%

    15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

    16Yes, my inmost being shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.

  • Job 31:25-26
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    71%

    25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my 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, I was 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 boundary upon the face of the depth;

  • Prov 8:21-23
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    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.

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

  • Eccl 2:1
    71%

    1I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure." And behold, this also is vanity.

  • Prov 27:11
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    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may have an answer for him who reproaches me.

  • Eccl 3:22
    70%

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

  • Job 8:21
    70%

    21Till He fills your mouth with laughter, and your lips with rejoicing.

  • Eccl 11:9
    70%

    9Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes — but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

  • Eccl 3:12
    70%

    12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.

  • Song 2:3
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    3As the apple tree among the trees of the forest, 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 can have enjoyment, 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%

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

  • Eccl 3:18
    69%

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

  • Acts 2:26
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    26Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad; moreover, my flesh also will rest in hope:

  • Prov 8:4
    69%

    4To you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of men.

  • Eccl 2:3
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    3I searched in my heart to give myself to wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what is good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.

  • Prov 23:24
    69%

    24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he who begets 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 one who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

  • Ps 40:8
    69%

    8I delight to do Your will, O my God: yes, Your 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 counselors of the earth, who built ruins for themselves;

  • Eccl 5:18
    68%

    18Behold, what I have seen: it is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion.

  • Eccl 9:9
    68%

    9Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in this life and in your labor which you take under the sun.

  • Eccl 1:13
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    13And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this difficult task God has given to the children of man to be engaged with.

  • Jer 31:26
    68%

    26Upon this I awoke, and looked around; and my sleep was sweet to me.

  • Eccl 3:10
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    10I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men to be occupied with.