Proverbs 24:14

So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Bible in Basic English

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, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:

15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

Read all of Proverbs 24

Cross References

Psalms 19:11\19:10\More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.

Psalms 119:111I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal heritage; for it is the joy of my heart.

Proverbs 2:10For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

Proverbs 22:18For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

Jeremiah 15:16But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.

James 1:25But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Proverbs 24:14