Bible Strands
Proverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Personified Wisdom addresses a single listener within her extended speech (Prov 1–9), immediately after calling for instruction (v. 33) and before promising life to whoever finds her (v. 35).
The words — שֹׁקֵד (sho.qed, H8245) is a military term for keeping guard; the verse compresses "watching" and "waiting" into one sustained act of vigilance at Wisdom's threshold.
The thread — Proverbs 3:13 blesses the one who finds wisdom; Luke 11:28 and Matthew 7:24 shift the blessing to those who hear and act, not merely hear.
Why it lands — The verse demands a daily, post-holding posture, not a single act of attention; it asks the reader to treat Wisdom's words as something that must be guarded against being missed.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Cross-references
- Luke 11:28 But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- Matthew 7:24 Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- Proverbs 3:13 Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
- Psalms 27:4 One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
- Luke 10:39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
- Acts 2:42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
- Psalms 84:10 For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- Acts 17:11 Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
- Proverbs 2:3 if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
- Proverbs 3:18 She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.