Proverbs 8:31

World English Bible (2000)

Rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 16:3 : 3 As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
  • Ps 40:6-8 : 6 Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering. 7 Then I said, "Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll. 8 I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart."
  • John 13:1 : 1 Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from 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 you through his poverty 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 accomplish his work.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 8:30
    87%

    30 then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,

  • Ps 16:3
    75%

    3 As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

  • Prov 8:32
    75%

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

  • Job 8:19
    74%

    19 Behold, this is the joy of his way: out of the earth, others shall spring.

  • Eccl 2:8-10
    3 verses
    73%

    8 I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men--musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

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

    10 Whatever my eyes desired, I didn't keep from them. I didn't withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

  • Prov 4:3
    73%

    3 For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.

  • Prov 8:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18 With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.

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

  • Eccl 8:15
    72%

    15 Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

  • Job 29:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4 as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was in my tent,

    5 when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,

  • Prov 23:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:

    16 yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right.

  • Job 31:25-26
    2 verses
    71%

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

    26 if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

  • Prov 8:25-27
    3 verses
    71%

    25 Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was brought forth;

    26 while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

    27 When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle on the surface of the deep,

  • Prov 8:21-23
    3 verses
    71%

    21 That I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.

    22 "Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.

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

  • Eccl 2:1
    71%

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

  • Prov 27:11
    70%

    11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

  • Eccl 3:22
    70%

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

  • Job 8:21
    70%

    21 He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.

  • Eccl 11:9
    70%

    9 Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and 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%

    12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

  • Prov 3:13
    70%

    13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets 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, his fruit was sweet to my taste.

  • Eccl 2:25
    70%

    25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

  • Job 38:7
    70%

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

  • 2 Sam 22:20
    69%

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

  • Prov 8:12
    69%

    12 "I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.

  • Eccl 3:18
    69%

    18 I said in my heart, "As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.

  • Acts 2:26
    69%

    26 Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced. Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope;

  • Prov 8:4
    69%

    4 "To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.

  • Eccl 2:3
    69%

    3 I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.

  • Prov 23:24
    69%

    24 The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

  • Ps 18:19
    69%

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

  • Prov 8:34
    69%

    34 Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.

  • Ps 40:8
    69%

    8 I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart."

  • Ps 104:34
    69%

    34 Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.

  • Job 3:14
    69%

    14 with kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves;

  • Eccl 5:18
    68%

    18 Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

  • Eccl 9:9
    68%

    9 Live 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 life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.

  • Eccl 1:13
    68%

    13 I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

  • Jer 31:26
    68%

    26 On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

  • Eccl 3:10
    68%

    10 I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.