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.