Proverbs 19:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ But he that possesseth a mind, loveth his own soul, and he that keepeth prudence shall find good things.

Proverbs 19:8 Cross References

Psalm 19:11

Moreover by them is thy servant warned: In keeping of them there is great reward.

Proverbs 16:20

He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good: And whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.

Proverbs 17:16

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.

Proverbs 22:18

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.

Proverbs 3:21

My son, let not them depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion;

Proverbs 3:22

So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck.

Proverbs 4:21

Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thine heart.

Proverbs 4:4

And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live:

Proverbs 4:6

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee; Love her, and she shall keep thee.

Ezekiel 36:26

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you art heart of flesh.

John 12:25

He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

John 14:21

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.

1 Peter 3:10

For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile: