Proverbs 24:14
In the same way, you should know that wisdom is good for you; if you find it, there will be a future for you, and your hope will not be crushed.
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13My son, eating honey is good for you; the honeycomb tastes sweet.
Cross References
Psalms 19:11They also warn your servant. By keeping them I'm richly rewarded.
Psalms 119:111I will always hold on to what you say for your words make me really happy,
Proverbs 2:10For wisdom will fill your mind, and knowledge will make you happy.
Proverbs 22:18for it's good to keep them in mind so you can be ready to share them.
Jeremiah 15:16When I received your messages, I ate them up! What you said made me really happy—I was delighted. I belong to you, Lord God Almighty!
James 1:25But if you look to the perfect law of freedom and follow it, not as someone who just listens and then forgets, but as someone who acts on it—then you will be blessed in what you do.
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 →