The Meaning of Proverbs 8:32 Explained

Proverbs 8:32

KJV: Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

YLT: And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.

Darby: And now, sons, hearken unto me, and blessed are they that keep my ways:

ASV: Now therefore, my'sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 8:32?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 8:32 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 8:32 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 8:32?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Now therefore hearken  unto me, O ye children:  for blessed  [are they that] keep  my ways. 

What does Proverbs 8:32 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 8:22-36 - Finding Wisdom, Finding Life
The world did not come into being by chance. It was created by an intelligent Creator. Nothing is arbitrary or by accident. Law is the expression of the perfect will of God. It is founded on the inherent necessity which is at the heart of all things; and it is according to unchanging law that all things subsist. Yet never forget that God is Redeemer, as well as Creator, and reserves to Himself the right of suffering the infliction of a broken law, that He may step in to redeem those who are penitent and believing.
It would seem as if in Luke 7:35 our Lord appropriated these sublime words as applicable to Himself. How glorious it is that He appropriates Proverbs 8:31! He does not delight in us after we are redeemed, but before; and it is on this that He bases His appeal: Blessed are they that keep My ways, Proverbs 8:32. Let us watch daily at His gates, and wait at the posts of His doors. For to find Him is to find eternal life, 1 John 4:19. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 8

1  the fame
6  and evidence of wisdom
10  The excellence
12  the nature
15  the power
18  the riches
22  and the eternity of wisdom
32  Wisdom is to be desired for the blessedness it brings

What do the individual words in Proverbs 8:32 mean?

Therefore now [my] children listen to me for blessed [are] my ways [those who] keep
וְעַתָּ֣ה בָ֭נִים שִׁמְעוּ־ לִ֑י וְ֝אַשְׁרֵ֗י דְּרָכַ֥י יִשְׁמֹֽרוּ

וְעַתָּ֣ה  Therefore  now 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: עַתָּה  
Sense: now.
בָ֭נִים  [my]  children 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שִׁמְעוּ־  listen 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
לִ֑י  to  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
וְ֝אַשְׁרֵ֗י  for  blessed  [are] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: אֶשֶׁר 
Sense: happiness, blessedness.
דְּרָכַ֥י  my  ways 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, first person common singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
יִשְׁמֹֽרוּ  [those  who]  keep 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַר  
Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed.

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