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Proverbs 8:35

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Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.	For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.	But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For whoso findeth^H4672 me findeth^{H4672 H4672} life^H2416, and shall obtain^H6329 favour^H7522 of the LORD^H3068.

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Original Hebrew

כִּי מֹצְאִי [מֹצְאֵי כ] (מָצָא ק) חַיִּים וַיָּפֶק רָצֹון מֵיְהוָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	for
מֹ֭צְאִ/י	Mo.tze.'/i	H4672	HVqrmsc/Sp1cs	(one who) finds/ me
מצאי	mâtsâʼ	H4672	HVqrmpc
חַיִּ֑ים	chai.Yim	H2416	HNcmpa	life
וַ/יָּ֥פֶק	va/i.Ya.fek	H6329	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he obtained
רָ֝צ֗וֹן	ra.Tzon	H7522	HNcmsa	favor
מֵ/יְהוָֽה	me./Yah.weh	H3068	HR/Np	from/ Yahweh

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H4672 — מָצָא (mâtsâʼ, maw-tsaw'): a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present; [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
• H6329 — פּוּק (pûwq, pook): a primitive root (identical with פּוּק through the idea of dropping out; compare נְפַק); to issue, i.e. furnish; causatively, to secure; figuratively, to succeed; afford, draw out, further, get, obtain.
• H7522 — רָצוֹן (râtsôwn, raw-tsone'): or רָצֹן; from רָצָה; delight (especially as shown); (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• favour — Proverbs 12:2, Ephesians 1:6
• whoso — Proverbs 1:33, Proverbs 3:13-18, John 3:16, John 3:36, John 14:6, Colossians 3:3, 1 John 5:11-12

Reciprocal references (10): Genesis 6:8, Proverbs 12:28, Proverbs 14:9, Proverbs 16:20, Proverbs 18:22, Proverbs 19:8, Proverbs 19:20, Ecclesiastes 7:12, 2 Timothy 2:10, 1 Peter 3:10

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: FAVOUR-DISFAVOUR
• Torrey’s: FAVOUR OF GOD, THE
• Nave’s: GOD, JESUS, THE CHRIST, WISDOM

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