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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 the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. (1 Sam. 2:30)
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John 14:21• 21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of 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 ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that 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 the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, 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 hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
 23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. (John 14:21,23)
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John 16:27• 27For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. (John 16:27)
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1 John 4:19• 19We love him, because he first loved us. (1 John 4:19)
those.
Eccl. 12:1• 1Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when 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 ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. (Isa. 45:19)
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Isa. 55:6• 6Seek ye the Lord 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 you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
 8For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. (Matt. 7:7‑8)
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Mark 10:14• 14But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. (Mark 10:14)
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James 1:5• 5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given 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."