"Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed {are they that} keep my ways." — Proverbs 8:32

Proverbs 8:32 · KJV

“Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed {are they that} keep my ways.”

— Proverbs 8:32

Verse 31

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

Verse 33

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

Proverbs 8 — Context

Then I was by him, {as} one brought up {with him}: and I was daily {his} delight, rejoicing always before him;

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

Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed {are they that} keep my ways.

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

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

Cross References

Luke 11:28

But he said, Yea rather, blessed {are} they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

Psalms 119:1-2

ALEPH. Blessed {are} the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. {undefiled: or, perfect, or, sincere}

Psalms 1:1-4

Blessed {is} the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. {ungodly: or, wicked}

Psalms 128:1

[A Song of degrees.] Blessed {is} every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.

Proverbs 5:7

Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 7:24

Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.