Proverbs 8:17

New International Reader's Version

I love those who love me. Those who look for me find me.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 34:3

While he was still young, he began to worship the God of King David. It was the eighth year of Josiah’s rule. In his 12th year Josiah began to get rid of the high places in Judah and Jerusalem. He removed the poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. He also removed the statues of other false gods.

Psalm 91:14

The Lord says, “I will save the one who loves me. I will keep him safe, because he trusts in me.

Proverbs 1:28

“Then you will call to me. But I won’t answer. You will look for me. But you won’t find me.

Proverbs 2:4

Look for it as you would look for silver. Search for it as you would search for hidden treasure.

Proverbs 2:5

Then you will understand how to have respect for the Lord. You will find out how to know God.

Proverbs 4:6

Stay close to wisdom, and she will keep you safe. Love her, and she will watch over you.

Proverbs 8:16

By me princes and nobles govern. It is by me that anyone rules on earth.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember your Creator. Remember him while you are still young. Think about him before your times of trouble come. The years will come when you will say, “I don’t find any pleasure in them.”

Song of Solomon 3:4

As soon as I had passed by them I found the one my heart loves. I threw my arms around him and didn’t let him go until I had brought him to my mother’s house. I took him to my mother’s room.

Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret. I have not spoken from a dark place. I have not said to Jacob’s people, ‘It is useless to look for me.’ I am the Lord. I always speak the truth. I always say what is right.

Isaiah 55:6

Turn to the Lord before it’s too late. Call out to him while he’s still ready to help you.

Matthew 6:33

But put God’s kingdom first. Do what he wants you to do. Then all those things will also be given to you.

Mark 10:14

When Jesus saw this, he was angry. He said to his disciples, “Let the little children come to me. Don’t keep them away. God’s kingdom belongs to people like them.

John 14:21

Anyone who has my commands and obeys them loves me. My Father will love the one who loves me. I too will love them. And I will show myself to them.”

John 14:23

Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them. We will come to them and make our home with them.

John 16:27

No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me. He also loves you because you have believed that I came from God.

John 7:37

It was the last and most important day of the feast. Jesus stood up and spoke in a loud voice. He said, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.

James 1:5

If any of you needs wisdom, you should ask God for it. He will give it to you. God gives freely to everyone and doesn’t find fault.

1 John 4:19

We love because he loved us first.

1 Samuel 2:30

“The Lord is the God of Israel. He announced, ‘I promised that members of your family line would serve me as priests forever.’ But now the Lord announces, ‘I will not let that happen! I will honor those who honor me. But I will turn away from those who look down on me.