Proverbs 8:18 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 8:18

With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.

BSB

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ASV

Riches and honor are with me; Yea, durable wealth and righteousness.

KJV

Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Riches and honor are with me - Often the wise, prudent, and discreet man arrives literally to riches and honor; but this is not always the case. But there are other riches of which he never fails; and these seem to be what Solomon has particularly in view, durable riches and righteousness; the treasure deposited by God in earthen vessels.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The redeemer is the eternal Word and wisdom, the Logos. He is the Wisdom that speaks to the children of men in the former part of the chapter. All divine revelation passes through his hand, and centres in him; but of him as the personal Wisdom, the second person in the Godhead, in the judgment of many of the ancients, Solomon here speaks,

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עֹֽשֶׁר־	'o.sher-	wealth	H6239 →
וְכָב֥וֹד	ve.kha.Vod	and honor	H3519 →
אִתִּ֑י	'i.Ti	[are] with me	H854 →
ה֥וֹן	Hon	wealth	H1952 →
עָ֝תֵ֗ק	'a.Tek	enduring	H6276 →
וּצְדָקָֽה׃	u.tze.da.Kah	and righteousness	H6666 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
leads to
- Luke 12:31
  But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.
- Matthew 5:6
  Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
- John 6:27
  Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of…
- Psalms 34:9–10
  Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
- Psalms 84:11–12
  For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Through
Philippians 4:19
And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 9:8–11
  And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
- Psalms 84:11
  For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
- 1 Peter 5:10
  And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish…

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Proverbs

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Proverbs