Proverbs 8:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 14:21 : 21 he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'
  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 `Therefore -- the affirmation of Jehovah, God of Israel -- I certainly said, Thy house and the house of thy father, do walk up and down before Me to the age; and now -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- Far be it from Me! for he who is honouring Me, I honour, and those despising Me, are lightly esteemed.
  • Ps 91:14 : 14 Because in Me he hath delighted, I also deliver him -- I set him on high, Because he hath known My name.
  • John 14:23 : 23 Jesus answered and said to him, `If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;
  • 1 John 4:19 : 19 we -- we love him, because He -- He first loved us;
  • Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.
  • Matt 7:7-8 : 7 `Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; 8 for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.
  • John 16:27 : 27 for the Father himself doth love you, because me ye have loved, and ye have believed that I from God came forth;
  • Isa 45:19 : 19 Not in secret have I spoken, in a dark place of the earth, I have not said to the seed of Jacob, In vain seek ye Me, I `am' Jehovah, speaking righteousness, Declaring uprightness.
  • Mark 10:14 : 14 and Jesus having seen, was much displeased, and he said to them, `Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;
  • Prov 1:28 : 28 Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.
  • Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 8:34-36
    3 verses
    81%

    34O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.

    35For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

    36And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!

  • Prov 8:18
    80%

    18Wealth and honour `are' with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.

  • Prov 8:20-22
    3 verses
    76%

    20In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment,

    21To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill.

    22Jehovah possessed me -- the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.

  • Prov 8:12-16
    5 verses
    75%

    12I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out.

    13The fear of Jehovah `is' to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

    14Mine `is' counsel and substance, I `am' understanding, I have might.

    15By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness,

    16By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth.

  • Prov 1:28
    73%

    28Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.

  • Jer 29:12-13
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    73%

    12`And ye have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed unto Me, and I have hearkened unto you,

    13And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;

  • Prov 7:15
    72%

    15Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.

  • Prov 2:4-5
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    72%

    4If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,

    5Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.

  • Prov 19:8
    71%

    8Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good.

  • Prov 8:31-32
    2 verses
    71%

    31Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights `are' with the sons of men.

    32And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.

  • Ps 119:10
    70%

    10With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.

  • Song 3:1-3
    3 verses
    70%

    1On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!

    2-- Pray, let me rise, and go round the city, In the streets and in the broad places, I seek him whom my soul hath loved! -- I sought him, and I found him not.

    3The watchmen have found me, (Who are going round about the city), `Him whom my soul have loved saw ye?'

  • Ps 119:2
    70%

    2O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.

  • Prov 3:13
    69%

    13O the happiness of a man `who' hath found wisdom, And of a man `who' bringeth forth understanding.

  • Prov 21:21
    69%

    21Whoso is pursuing righteousness and kindness, Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

  • Ps 119:47
    69%

    47And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,

  • John 14:21
    69%

    21he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'

  • Ps 27:8
    69%

    8To Thee said my heart `They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'

  • Ps 119:127
    69%

    127Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold -- even fine gold.

  • Isa 65:1
    68%

    1I have been inquired of by those who asked not, I have been found by those who sought Me not, I have said, `Behold Me, behold Me,' Unto a nation not calling in My name.

  • Deut 4:29
    68%

    29`And -- ye have sought from thence Jehovah thy God, and hast found, when thou seekest Him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,

  • Prov 11:27
    68%

    27Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him.

  • Isa 58:2
    68%

    2Seeing -- Me day by day they seek, And the knowledge of My ways they desire, As a nation that righteousness hath done, And the judgment of its God hath not forsaken, They ask of me judgments of righteousness, The drawing near of God they desire:

  • Eccl 7:24-25
    2 verses
    68%

    24Far off `is' that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it?

    25I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness.

  • Prov 8:9
    68%

    9All of them `are' plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.

  • 1 Chr 28:9
    67%

    9`And thou, Solomon, my son, know the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind, for all hearts is Jehovah seeking, and every imagination of the thoughts He is understanding; if thou dost seek Him, He is found of thee, and if thou dost forsake Him, He casteth thee off for ever.

  • Isa 55:6
    67%

    6Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,

  • Prov 4:6
    67%

    6Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.

  • Ps 18:1
    67%

    1To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: -- I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

  • Prov 3:18
    67%

    18A tree of life she `is' to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her `is' happy.

  • Jer 17:10
    67%

    10I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

  • Prov 18:22
    67%

    22`Whoso' hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

  • Isa 26:9
    67%

    9`With' my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, `with' my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments `are' on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.

  • Ps 119:159
    67%

    159See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.

  • Prov 22:1
    67%

    1A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold -- good grace.