Proverbs 24:14

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“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.”

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Read Proverbs 24:14 in the flow of Proverbs24 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs24 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“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 · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“So <FI>is<Fi> 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 · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 24:14 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 19:10They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
  2. Psalms 19:11By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.
  3. Psalms 119:103How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
  4. Psalms 119:111Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
  5. Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
  6. Proverbs 2:10For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
  7. Proverbs 3:13Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
  8. Proverbs 22:18for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
  9. Proverbs 23:18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
  10. Jeremiah 15:16Your 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.
  11. Matthew 19:21Jesus 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.”
  12. James 1:25But 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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