Proverbs 24:14
So shall the knowledge of chochmah be unto thy nefesh; 1 when thou hast found it, then there shall be an acharit (latter end, future), 1 and thy tikvah (hope) shall not be cut off. 1
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Psalms 19:11More to be desired are they than zahav, 1 yea, than much fine gold; 1 sweeter also than devash and the honeycomb. 1
Psalms 119:111Thy edot have I taken as a heritage forever: 1 for they are the sasson lev of me. 1
Proverbs 2:10When chochmah entereth into thine lev, 1 and da'as (knowledge) is pleasant unto thy nefesh; 1
Proverbs 22:18For it is a pleasant thing if thou be shomer over them within thee; 1 they shall therewith abide ready upon thy sfatayim (lips). 1
Jeremiah 15:16Thy Devarim were found, 1 and I did eat them; 1 and Thy Davar was unto me 1 the sasson and simchat levavi; 1 for I am called by Thy Shem, 1 Hashem Elohei Tzva'os. 1
James 1:25But the one having peered into the Torah HaShleimah (the Perfect Torah), the Torah HaCherut (the Torah of Freedom), and there remaining, not as a forgetful listener but one who is shomer mitzvot and goes into action, this one will have a bracha on his head in all his acts. + 1:25 Ps 19:7
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 →