Proverbs 24:14
So shall the knowledge of wisdome be vnto thy soule, if thou finde it, and there shall be an ende, and thine hope shall not be cut off.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
13My sonne, eate hony, for it is good, and the hony combe, for it is sweete vnto thy mouth.
15Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.
Cross References
Psalms 19:11Moreouer by them is thy seruant made circumspect, and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Psalms 119:111Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.
Proverbs 2:10When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule,
Proverbs 22:18For it shalbe pleasant, if thou keepe them in thy bellie, and if they be directed together in thy lippes.
Jeremiah 15:16Thy wordes were founde by me, and I did eate them, and thy worde was vnto me the ioy and reioycing of mine heart: for thy Name is called vpon me, O Lord God of hostes.
James 1:25But who so looketh in the perfect Lawe of libertie, and continueth therein, hee not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the woorke, shalbe blessed in his deede.
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 →