13 My son, (A)eat honey because it is good,
And the honeycomb which is sweet to your taste;
14 (B)So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul;
If you have found it, there is a [a]prospect,
And your hope will not be cut off.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:14 Lit. latter end

16 (A)For a righteous man may fall seven times
And rise again,
(B)But the wicked shall fall by calamity.

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20 For there will be no prospect for the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked will be put out.

21 My son, (A)fear the Lord and the king;
Do not associate with those given to change;
22 For their calamity will rise suddenly,
And who knows the ruin those two can bring?

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