Proverbs 24:14

so the knowledge of wisdom [is] to thy soul. If thou have found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

In Context

13My son, eat thou honey, for it is good, and the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste,

15Lay not in wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Do not destroy his resting place.

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Cross References

Psalms 19:11Moreover by them thy servant is warned. In keeping them there is great reward.

Psalms 119:111I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Proverbs 2:10For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant to thy soul,

Proverbs 22:18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips.

Jeremiah 15:16Thy words were found, and I ate them. And thy words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart. For I am called by thy name, O LORD, God of hosts.

James 1:25But he who stooped to look into the perfect law, the one of liberty, and who remained, this man, who did not become a forgetful hearer but a doer of work, this man will be blessed in his doing.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:14-15

13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. We are here quickened to the study of wisdom by the consideration both of the pleasure and the profit of it. 1. It will be very pleasant. We eat honey because it is sweet to the taste, and upon that account we call it good, especially that which runs first from the… Read the whole commentary →

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