Proverbs 24:14 “Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, ther…”

Proverbs 24:14

Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul. If you have found it, then there will be a reward: Your hope will not be cut off.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

so consider wisdom for thy soul; if thou hast found it, there shall be a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

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Cross references

“shall the”

Jeremiah 15:16 Psalm 119:103 Proverbs 22:18 Psalm 119:111 Psalm 19:10 Psalm 19:11

Jeremiah 15:16 · BSB

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.

Psalm 119:103 · BSB

How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!

Proverbs 22:18 · BSB

for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.

Psalm 119:111 · BSB

Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

Psalm 19:10 · BSB

They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.

Psalm 19:11 · BSB

By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.

“when”

Proverbs 2:10 Proverbs 2:1–5 Proverbs 3:13–18

Proverbs 2:10 · BSB

For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.

Proverbs 2:1–5 · BSB

My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

Proverbs 3:13–18 · BSB

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,

“there”

James 1:25 Proverbs 23:18 Matthew 19:21

James 1:25 · BSB

But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.

Proverbs 23:18 · BSB

For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Matthew 19:21 · BSB

Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.

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