Proverbs 8:35 - Exposition

For whoso findeth me findeth life. Here is the reason why the man is blessed who attends to the instruction of Wisdom. A similar promise is made at Proverbs 3:16 , Proverbs 3:18 , Proverbs 3:22 . The truth here enunciated is also spoken or the Word of God, the everlasting Son of the Father. John 1:4 , "In him was life; and the life was the light of men;" John 3:36 , "He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life;" John 17:3 , "This is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ" (comp. John 8:51 ; 1 John 5:12 ; Ecclesiastes 4:12 ). Shall obtain favour of the Lord; Vulgate, hauriet salutem, which happily renders the Hebrew verb ( Proverbs 12:2 ). The grace of God bringeth salvation ( Titus 2:11 ). Septuagint, "For my outgoings ( ἔξοδοι ) are the outgoings of life, and the will is prepared by the Lord ( καὶ ἐτοιμάζεται θέλησις παρὰ κυρίου )." This latter clause was used by the Fathers, especially in the Pelagian controversy, to prove the necessity of prevenient grace.