Proverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
KJV
Beatus homo qui audit me, et qui vigilat ad fores meas quotidie, et observat ad postes ostii mei.
Vulgate
μακάριος ἀνὴρ ὃς εἰσακούσεταί μου, καὶ ἄνθρωπος ὃς τὰς ἐμὰς ὁδοὺς φυλάξει, ἀγρυπνῶν ἐπ’ ἐμαῖς θύραις καθ’ ἡμέραν, τηρῶν σταθμοὺς ἐμῶν εἰσόδων.
LXX
Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
ASV
אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי אָדָם֮ שֹׁמֵ֪עַֽ֫ לִ֥/י לִ/שְׁקֹ֣ד עַל דַּ֭לְתֹתַ/י י֤וֹם י֑וֹם לִ֝/שְׁמֹ֗ר מְזוּזֹ֥ת פְּתָחָֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַשְׁרֵ֣י
'shry
noun · 44×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
דַּלְת֣וֹת
dltvt
noun · 89×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּשְׁקֹ֤ד
yshqd
verb · 12×
מְזוּזַ֣ת
mzvzt
noun · 19×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פֶּ֖תַח
ptch
noun · 162×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 10:8 — Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
- Acts 2:42 — And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
- Acts 17:11 — These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
- Jas 1:22 — But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
- John 1:38 — Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
- John 8:31 — Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
- Luke 1:6 — And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
- Luke 10:39 — And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.
- Luke 10:39 — And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.
- Luke 11:28 — But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
- Matt 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:
- Prov 1:21 — She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
- Prov 2:3 — Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
- Prov 3:13 — Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
- Prov 3:18 — She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
- Prov 13:4 — The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
- Prov 19:20 — Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
- Ps 25:5 — Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
- Ps 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 the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
- Ps 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 wickedness.
- Ps 92:13 — Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
- Rev 1:3 — Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.