Proverbs 8:17
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 8 connects to 10 cross-references. Wisdom speaks in first person, calling from the heights, the paths, and the city gates. She declares her words to be right and more desirable than gold. She was beside God as a master craftsman in the creation of the …
Other Translations
I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.
I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.
Those who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me.
Cross References
Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of …
We love him, because he first loved us.
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw …
But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto …
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should …
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; …