Proverbs 24:14
So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul: if thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
13My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
Cross References
Psalms 19:11Moreover by them is thy servant warned: in keeping of them there is great reward.
Psalms 119:111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Proverbs 2:10For wisdom shall enter into thine heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
Proverbs 22:18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips.
Jeremiah 15:16Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
James 1:25But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth, but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.
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 →