Proverbs 8:32 - Easy To Read Version “Now, children, listen to me!\par You can be happy too,\par if you follow my ways!\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: For blessed are they that keep my ways. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now therefore listen to me, O you sons; for blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who keep my ways. [Ps. 119:1, 2; 128:1, 2; Luke 11:28.] American Standard Version (1901) Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways. Common English Bible Now children, listen to me: Happy are those who keep to my ways! Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, sons, hear me now. Blessed are those who preserve my ways. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now therefore, ye children, hear me: Blessed are they that keep my ways. |
Death and destruction {\cf2\super [58]} say,\par ‘We haven’t found wisdom\par We have only heard rumors about it.’\par
All of the Lord’s followers are happy.\par Those people live the way God wants.\par
Why? Because I obeyed the Lord!\par I did not sin against my God.\par
If a nation is not guided by God, then that nation will not have peace. But the nation that obeys God’s law will be happy.
The person who finds wisdom will be very happy. That person will be blessed when he begins to understand.
Wisdom is like the Tree of Life. {\cf2\super [3]} It gives full life to people that accept it. People that keep wisdom will be truly happy!
But Jesus said, “The people that hear the teaching of God and obey it—they are the people that are truly happy!”