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Proverbs 8

Prov. 8:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ii love
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
them that love
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
me; and thosek that seek me early
shachar (Hebrew #7836)
properly, to dawn, i.e. (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking)
KJV usage: (do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning).
Pronounce: shaw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
shall find
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
me.
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1 Sam. 2:30• 30Wherefore Jehovah the God of Israel saith, I said indeed, Thy house and the house of thy father should walk before me for ever. But now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. (1 Sam. 2:30)
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John 14:21• 21He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; but he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him. (John 14:21)
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Isa. 45:19• 19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek me in vain: I am Jehovah, speaking righteousness, declaring things which are right. (Isa. 45:19)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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I love.
1 Sam. 2:30• 30Wherefore Jehovah the God of Israel saith, I said indeed, Thy house and the house of thy father should walk before me for ever. But now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. (1 Sam. 2:30)
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Psa. 91:14• 14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. (Psa. 91:14)
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John 14:21,23• 21He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; but he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.
 23Jesus answered and said to him, If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our abode with him. (John 14:21,23)
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John 16:27• 27for the Father himself has affection for you, because ye have had affection for me, and have believed that I came out from God. (John 16:27)
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1 John 4:19• 19*We* love because *he* has first loved us. (1 John 4:19)
those.
Eccl. 12:1• 1And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; (Eccl. 12:1)
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Isa. 45:19• 19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek me in vain: I am Jehovah, speaking righteousness, declaring things which are right. (Isa. 45:19)
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Isa. 55:6• 6Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near. (Isa. 55:6)
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Matt. 6:33• 33But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matt. 6:33)
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Matt. 7:7‑8• 7Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
 8For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. (Matt. 7:7‑8)
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Mark 10:14• 14But Jesus seeing it, was indignant, and said to them, Suffer the little children to come to me; forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God. (Mark 10:14)
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James 1:5• 5But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him: (James 1:5)
• It is important to bear in mind that it is wisdom—and not God as such—that is here referred to. “He,” too, “is the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him;” but it would be very faulty to limit His love alone to those who return that love. (“Proverbs Eight” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I love those that love me; and they that seek me earlyi shall find me.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "earnestly."