Proverbs

³¹Rejoicing in His inhabited earth and delighting in the sons of men. [Ps. 16:3.] ³²Now therefore listen to me, O you sons; for blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who keep my ways. [Ps. 119:1, 2; 128:1, 2; Luke 11:28.] ³³Hear instruction and be wise, and do not refuse or neglect it. ³⁴Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. ³⁵For whoever finds me [Wisdom] finds life and draws forth and obtains favor from the Lord. ³⁶But he who misses me or sins against me wrongs and injures himself; all who hate me love and court death.