Proverbs 24:14
so consider wisdom for thy soul; if thou hast found it, there shall be a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
13Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and a honeycomb is sweet to thy taste:
Cross References
Psalms 19:11Moreover, by them is thy servant enlightened; in keeping them there is great reward.
Psalms 119:111Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Proverbs 2:10When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,
Proverbs 22:18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.
Jeremiah 15:16Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy words were unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.
James 1:25But *he* that fixes his view on [the] perfect law, that of liberty, and abides in [it], being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of [the] work, *he* shall 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 →