Bible Strands
Proverbs 8:21
bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Wisdom speaks in Proverbs 8, placing her promise between her description of walking in righteousness (8:20) and her identification as the LORD’s first creation (8:22). She addresses the reader directly as the intended recipient of her blessing.
The words — לְהַנְחִיל (lehanḥîl) translates to give as an inheritance, and אֲמַלֵּא (ʾămallēʾ) translates to I fill. These two verbs structure the verse’s action of granting and completing a material possession.
The thread — The motif of inherited treasure appears in Genesis 15:14, where departing slaves take many possessions, and Proverbs 24:4, where knowledge fills rooms with treasure. It is referenced in 1 Peter 1:4, which describes an imperishable inheritance reserved in heaven.
Why it lands — The text states that wealth and full treasuries are given to those who love Wisdom. It requires the reader to direct their affection toward Wisdom to receive the promised inheritance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 24:4 through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.
- 1 Peter 1:4 and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
- Genesis 15:14 But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
- Matthew 25:46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- 1 Samuel 2:8 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
- Psalms 16:11 You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
- Proverbs 1:13 We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.
- Hebrews 10:34 You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
- Proverbs 6:31 Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
- Proverbs 8:18 With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.