Proverbs 24:14

so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; 2 if you have found it, then there will be a reward, 2 your hope will not be cut off. 1

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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, eat honey, for it is good; 2 the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste: 1

15Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the upright. 2 Don’t destroy his resting place: 1

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Cross References

Psalms 19:11Moreover by them is your servant warned. 2 In keeping them there is great reward. 1

Psalms 119:111נ ( Nachal’tiy, I have inherited) I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, 2 for they are the joy of my heart. 1

Proverbs 2:10For wisdom will enter into your heart. 2 Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. 1

Proverbs 22:18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, 2 if all of them are ready on your lips. 1

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 →

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