Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper. New Living Translation To acquire wisdom is to love yourself; people who cherish understanding will prosper. English Standard Version Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good. Berean Standard Bible He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success. King James Bible He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. New King James Version He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps understanding will find good. New American Standard Bible One who gets wisdom loves his own soul; One who keeps understanding will find good. NASB 1995 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps understanding will find good. NASB 1977 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps understanding will find good. Legacy Standard Bible He who acquires a heart of wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps discernment will find good. Amplified Bible He who gains wisdom and good sense loves (preserves) his own soul; He who keeps understanding will find good and prosper. Christian Standard Bible The one who acquires good sense loves himself; one who safeguards understanding finds success. Holman Christian Standard Bible The one who acquires good sense loves himself; one who safeguards understanding finds success. American Standard Version He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good. Aramaic Bible in Plain English He that gets wisdom loves his soul; he that keeps the faith finds good. Brenton Septuagint Translation He that procures wisdom loves himself; and he that keeps wisdom shall find good. Contemporary English Version Do yourself a favor by having good sense--you will be glad you did. Douay-Rheims Bible But he that possesseth a mind, loveth his own soul, and he that keepeth prudence shall find good things. English Revised Version He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. GOD'S WORD® Translation A person who gains sense loves himself. One who guards understanding finds something good. Good News Translation Do yourself a favor and learn all you can; then remember what you learn and you will prosper. International Standard Version Whoever obtains wisdom loves himself, and whoever treasures understanding will prosper. JPS Tanakh 1917 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul; He that keepeth understanding shall find good. Literal Standard Version Whoever is getting heart is loving his soul, | He is keeping understanding to find good. Majority Standard Bible He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success. New American Bible Those who gain sense truly love themselves; those who preserve understanding will find success. NET Bible The one who acquires wisdom loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper. New Revised Standard Version To get wisdom is to love oneself; to keep understanding is to prosper. New Heart English Bible He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good. Webster's Bible Translation He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. World English Bible He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good. Young's Literal Translation Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Man of Integrity…7All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found. 8He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success. 9A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.… Cross References Proverbs 16:20 Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD. Proverbs 19:9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish. Treasury of Scripture He that gets wisdom loves his own soul: he that keeps understanding shall find good. wisdom Proverbs 17:16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? 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 an heart of flesh. loveth Proverbs 8:35,36 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD… John 12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. 1 Peter 3:10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: he that keepeth Proverbs 2:1-9 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; … Proverbs 3:18,21 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her… Proverbs 4:4,6,21 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live… Jump to Previous Cherishes Find Gets Getteth Getting Good Heart Keepeth Keeping Keeps Loves Loving Prosper Prospers Sense Soul Understanding WisdomJump to Next Cherishes Find Gets Getteth Getting Good Heart Keepeth Keeping Keeps Loves Loving Prosper Prospers Sense Soul Understanding WisdomProverbs 19 1. Life and Conduct(8) He that getteth wisdom.--Literally, heart. For that "wisdom," or "knowledge," that begins with the "fear of the Lord" (see above on Proverbs 1:7), and ends with loving Him, is not a matter of intellect only, but of the heart also--i.e., the will and affections.Verse 8. - He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul. "Wisdom" is, in the Hebrew, leb. "heart;" it is a matter, not of intellect only. but of will and affections (see on Proverbs 15:32). Septuagint, ἀγαπᾷ ἑαυτόν, "loveth himself." The contrary, "hateth his own soul," occurs in Proverbs 29:24. By striving to obtain wisdom a man shows that he has regard for the welfare of his soul and body. Hence St. Thomas Aquinas ('Sum. Theol.,' 1:2, qu. 25, art. 7, quoted by Corn. a Lapide) takes occasion to demonstrate that only good men are really lovers of themselves, while evil men are practically self-haters, proving his position by a reference to Arislotle's numeration of the characteristics of friendship, which the former exhibit, and none of which the latter can possess ('Eth. Nic.,' 9:4). He that keepeth understanding shall find good (Proverbs 16:20). A man must not only strive hard and use all available means to get wisdom and prudence, he must guard them like a precious treasure, not lose them for want of care or let them lie useless; and then he will find that they bring with themselves innumerable benefits. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He who acquiresקֹֽנֶה־ (qō·neh-) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7069: To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own wisdom לֵּ֭ב (lêḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre loves אֹהֵ֣ב (’ō·hêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 157: To have affection f himself; נַפְשׁ֑וֹ (nap̄·šōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion one who safeguards שֹׁמֵ֥ר (šō·mêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to understanding תְּ֝בוּנָ֗ה (tə·ḇū·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8394: Intelligence, an argument, caprice will find לִמְצֹא־ (lim·ṣō-) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present success. טֽוֹב׃ (ṭō·wḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good Links Proverbs 19:8 NIVProverbs 19:8 NLT Proverbs 19:8 ESV Proverbs 19:8 NASB Proverbs 19:8 KJV Proverbs 19:8 BibleApps.com Proverbs 19:8 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 19:8 Chinese Bible Proverbs 19:8 French Bible Proverbs 19:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 19:8 He who gets wisdom loves his own (Prov. 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