King James Version
Proverbs 19:8 in the King James Version says “He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. wisdom: Heb. an heart” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. wisdom: Heb. an heart”
Proverbs 19:8 · KJV
Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. him: Heb. a man of gifts
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. wisdom: Heb. an heart
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He that getteth”
H7069to erect, i.e., create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
“wisdom”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“his own soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“he that keepeth”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“understanding”
H8394intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
“shall find”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
“good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
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