Proverbs 24:14
So [is] the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
13Eat my son, honey that [is] good, And the honeycomb — sweet to thy palate.
15Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.
Cross References
Psalms 19:11Also — Thy servant is warned by them, 'In keeping them [is] a great reward.'
Psalms 119:111I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they.
Proverbs 2:10For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,
Proverbs 22:18For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.
Jeremiah 15:16Thy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts.
James 1:25and he who did look into the perfect law — that of liberty, and did continue there, this one — not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work — this one shall be happy 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 →