Proverbs 8:34

Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Blessed	אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי 'Ash.rei	H835	happiness · noun, common masculine plural construct
man	אָדָם֮ 'a.Dam	H120	ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species · noun, common masculine singular absolute
heareth	שֹׁמֵ֪עַֽ֫ sho.Me.a'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
watching	לִשְׁקֹ֣ד lish.Kod	H8245	to be alert · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
daily	י֤וֹם Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
gates	דַּ֭לְתֹתַי Dal.to.tai	H1817	something swinging · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix
waiting	לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר lish.Mor	H8104	properly · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
posts	מְזוּזֹ֥ת me.zu.Zot	H4201	a door-post (as prominent) · noun, common feminine plural construct
doors	פְּתָחָֽי pe.ta.Chai	H6607	an opening (literally) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Matthew 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Luke 11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Proverbs 3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Psalms 27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold t…
Luke 10:39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.
Acts 2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Psalms 84:10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wicked…
Acts 17:11-12 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures dai…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:32–end

We have here the application of Wisdom's discourse; the design and tendency of it is to bring us all into an entire subjection to the laws of religion, to make us wise and good, not to fill our heads with speculations, or our tongues with disputes, but to rectify what is amiss in our hearts and lives. In order to this, here is, I. An exhortation to hear and obey the voice of Wisdom, to attend and comply with the good instructions that the word of God gives us, and in them to discern the voice of Christ, as the sheep know the shepherd's voice. 1. We must be diligent hearers of the word; for how can we believe in him of whom we have not heart? "Hearken unto me, O you children!" Pro 8:32. "Read…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 8:34

watching . . . waiting--literally, "so as to watch"; wait, denoting a most sedulous attention.

John Gill on Proverbs 8:34

Blessed is the man that heareth me,.... Christ in his Gospel, as speaking by his ministers; for hearing them is hearing him, Luke 10:16; they have their commission from him; are his ambassadors, and represent him; receive their gifts from him; speak according to his mind and will, revealed in his word, and preach him himself. This shows with what attention and reverence the Gospel should be heard; what credit should be given unto it; how it ought to be put in practice; this accounts for the efficacy of it on the souls of men, it being no other than the word of Christ, or Christ himself speaking; and from hence it appears how sad and dreadful will be the case of such that despise it: to hear…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 8:33–end

The summons 32a, and its reason 32b, are repeated in these verses which follow: 33 "Hear instruction, and be wise, And withdraw not. 34 Blessed is the man who hears me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors! 35 For whosoever findeth me has found life, And has obtained favour from Jahve; 36 And whosoever misseth me doeth wrong to himself; All they who hate me love death." The imper. וחכמוּ, 33a (et sapite), is to be judged after Pro 4:4, וחיה, cf. the Chethı̂b, Pro 13:20; one sees this from the words ואל־תּפרעוּ which follow, to which, after Pro 15:32, as at Pro 4:13, to אל־תּרף, מוּסר is to be placed as object: and throw not to the winds (ne missam faciatis; vid., rega…

The Church Fathers

"Blessed is the man who listens to me," etc. He calls his doors and the posts of his gate the Holy Scriptures and their teachers, without whom we cannot enter into the life he promises.
— Bede, Commentary on Proverbs

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Desire · SPIRITUAL — SPIRITUAL
Seekers · 5:8;8:5,6; — 5:8;8:5,6;
Watchfulness · 36:18-21; — 36:18-21;
Wisdom · .UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO — .UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Proverbs 8:34

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:32–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 8:34

John Gill on Proverbs 8:34

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 8:33–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Proverbs 8:34

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:32–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 8:34

John Gill on Proverbs 8:34

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 8:33–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Proverbs 8:32-36

Rashi on Proverbs 8:34