Proverbs 8:17

In 11 translations

BSB

I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.

KJV

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

WEB

I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

ASV

I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.

LSV

I love those loving me, || And those seeking me earnestly find me.

YLT

I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.

DBY

I love those that love me; and they that seek me early shall find me.

DRC

I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch for me, shall find me.

GNV

I loue them that loue me: and they that seeke me earely, shall finde me.

JPS

I love them that love me, and those that seek me earnestly shall find me.

LXXE

I love those that love me; and they that seek me shall find me.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

אֲ֭נִי אהביה אֵהָ֑ב וּ֝מְשַׁחֲרַ֗י יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי׃Read aloud as (qere): אֹהֲבַ֣י

LXX-Br

Ἐγὼ τοὺς ἐμὲ φιλοῦντας ἀγαπῶ, οἱ δὲ ἐμὲ ζητοῦντες εὑρήσουσιν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• John 14:23Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
• John 14:21Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
• Psalms 91:14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
• Isaiah 55:6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
• 1 John 4:19We love because He first loved us.
• 1 Samuel 2:30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who…
• Matthew 7:7–8Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
• Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
• Isaiah 45:19I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.
• James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
• John 16:27For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.
• Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
• Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
• Mark 10:14But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

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