34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
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But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 32-36)We have here the application of Wisdom’s discourse; the design and tendency of it is to bring us all into an entire subjection to the laws of religion, to make us wise and good, not to fill our heads with speculations, or our tongues with disputes, but to rectify what is amiss in our hearts and lives. In order to this, here is, I. An exhortation to hear and obey the voice of Wisdom, to attend and…
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