Proverbs 8:36

In 11 translations

BSB

But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”

KJV

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

WEB

But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”

ASV

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.

LSV

And whoever is missing me, is wronging his soul, || All hating me have loved death!”

YLT

And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!

DBY

but he that sinneth against me doeth violence to his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

DRC

But he that shall sin against me, shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death.

GNV8:35

But he that sinneth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and all that hate me, loue death.

JPS

But he that misseth me wrongeth his own soul; all they that hate me love death.'

LXXE

But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְֽ֭חֹטְאִי חֹמֵ֣ס נַפְשׁ֑וֹ כָּל־מְ֝שַׂנְאַ֗י אָ֣הֲבוּ מָֽוֶת׃

LXX-Br

Οἱ δὲ ἁμαρτάνοντες εἰς ἐμὲ, ἀσεβοῦσιν εἰς τὰς ἑαυτῶν ψυχὰς, καὶ οἱ μισοῦντές με ἀγαπῶσι θάνατον.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 15:32He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
• Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
• John 15:23–24Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well. If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.
• 1 Corinthians 16:22If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
• Proverbs 20:2The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
• Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
• Hebrews 10:29How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
• Proverbs 5:11–12At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent, and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
• John 3:19–20And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for…
• Proverbs 5:22–23The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him. He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
• Hebrews 2:3how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
• Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
• Ezekiel 33:11Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should…
• Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
• Proverbs 21:6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.

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