Proverbs 24:14
So learn thou wisdom for thy soul! When thou hast found it, there shall be a reward, And thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
13Eat honey, my son, for it is good, And the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste;
15Plot not, O wicked man! against the habitation of the righteous; Spoil not his resting-place!
Cross References
Psalms 19:11By them also is thy servant warned, And in keeping of them there is great reward.
Psalms 119:111I have made thine ordinances my possession for ever; For they are the joy of my heart.
Proverbs 2:10When wisdom entereth into thy heart, And knowledge is pleasant to thy soul,
Proverbs 22:18For it will be a pleasant thing, if thou keep them in thy bosom, When they are altogether established upon thy lips.
Jeremiah 15:16As soon as I found thy words, I devoured them; For thy words were the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts!
James 1:25But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty, and remains there, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in his deed.
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 →