Proverbs 19:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ To get wisdom is to love oneself; to keep understanding is to prosper.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ He who gains Wisdom loves his own life; he who keeps understanding shall prosper and find good.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.

Common English Bible

⁸ Those who acquire good sense love themselves; those who keep understanding find success.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ But whoever possesses reason loves his own soul. And one who guards prudence shall discover good things.

Proverbs 19:8 Cross References

Proverbs 16:20

Those who are attentive to a matter will prosper, and happy are those who trust in the Lord.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called happy.

Proverbs 4:6

Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.

1 Peter 3:10

For “Those who desire to love life and to see good days, let them keep their tongues from evil and their lips from speaking deceit;

John 14:21

They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me, and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.”

Proverbs 22:18

for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

Proverbs 17:16

Why should fools have a price in hand to buy wisdom when they have no mind to learn?

Proverbs 4:21

Do not let them escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.

Proverbs 4:4

he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments and live.

Proverbs 3:21

My child, do not let these escape from your sight: keep sound wisdom and prudence,

Psalm 19:11

Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

John 12:25

Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Ezekiel 36:26

A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you, and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the liar will perish.

Proverbs 3:22

and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.