Proverbs 24:14
Good News Translation
you may be sure that wisdom is good for the soul. Get wisdom and you have a bright future.

New Revised Standard Version
Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, you will find a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Contemporary English Version
Wisdom is like honey for your life--if you find it, your future is bright.

New American Bible
Such, you must know, is wisdom to your soul. If you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul: which when thou hast found, thou shalt have hope in the end, and thy hope shall not perish.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

So also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul: which when thou hast found, thou shalt have hope in the end, and thy hope shall not perish.

shall be

Proverbs 22:18 Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips:

Psalm 19:10,11 More to be desired than gold and many precious stones: and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb. . . .

Psalm 119:103,111 How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth. . . .

Jeremiah 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy word was to me a joy and gladness of my heart: for thy name is called upon me, O Lord God of hosts.

when

Proverbs 2:1-5,10 That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: incline thy heart to know prudence. . . .

Proverbs 3:13-18 The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chief and purest gold: . . .

there

Proverbs 23:18 Because thou shalt have hope in the latter end, and thy expectation shall not be taken away.

Matthew 19:21 Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be perfect, go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

James 1:25 But he that hath looked into the perfect law of liberty and hath continued therein, not becoming a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work: this man shall be blessed in his deed.

Context
Do not Envy
13Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat. 14So also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul: which when thou hast found, thou shalt have hope in the end, and thy hope shall not perish.15Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest.…
Cross References
Psalm 119:103
How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.

Proverbs 2:10
Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee,

Proverbs 16:24
Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Proverbs 23:18
Because thou shalt have hope in the latter end, and thy expectation shall not be taken away.

Proverbs 24:13
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