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Proverbs 24:14

כֵּן ׀ דְּעֶה חָכְמָה לְנַפְשֶׁךָ אִם ־ מָצָאתָ וְיֵשׁ אַחֲרִית וְתִקְוָתְךָ לֹא תִכָּרֵֽת ׃ פ

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

13אֱכָל ־ בְּנִי דְבַשׁ כִּי ־ טוֹב וְנֹפֶת מָתוֹק עַל ־ חִכֶּֽךָ ׃

15אַל ־ תֶּאֱרֹב רָשָׁע לִנְוֵה צַדִּיק אַֽל ־ תְּשַׁדֵּד רִבְצֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 19:11הַֽנֶּחֱמָדִים מִזָּהָב וּמִפַּז רָב וּמְתוּקִים מִדְּבַשׁ וְנֹפֶת צוּפִֽים ׃

Psalms 119:111נָחַלְתִּי עֵדְוֺתֶיךָ לְעוֹלָם כִּֽי ־ שְׂשׂוֹן לִבִּי הֵֽמָּה ׃

Proverbs 2:10כִּֽי ־ תָבוֹא חָכְמָה בְלִבֶּךָ וְדַעַת לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ יִנְעָֽם ׃

Proverbs 22:18כִּֽי ־ נָעִים כִּֽי ־ תִשְׁמְרֵם בְּבִטְנֶךָ יִכֹּנוּ יַחְדָּו עַל ־ שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ ׃

Jeremiah 15:16נִמְצְאוּ דְבָרֶיךָ וָאֹכְלֵם וַיְהִי דבריך לִי לְשָׂשׂוֹן וּלְשִׂמְחַת לְבָבִי כִּֽי ־ נִקְרָא שִׁמְךָ עָלַי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאֽוֹת ׃ ס

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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