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13 My ·child [L son], eat honey because it is good.
    Honey from the honeycomb ·tastes sweet [L is sweet on your palate].
14 In the same way, wisdom is pleasing to ·you [your soul].
    If you find it, you have ·hope for the [L a] future,
and your ·wishes [hope] will ·come true [L not be cut off].

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13 
My son, eat honey, because it is good,
And the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
14 
Know that [skillful and godly] wisdom is [so very good] for your life and soul;
If you find wisdom, then there will be a future and a reward,
And your hope and expectation will not be cut off.

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Saying 26

13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good;
    honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
14 Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:
    If you find it, there is a future hope for you,
    and your hope will not be cut off.(A)

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16 Even though ·good [righteous] people may ·be bothered by trouble [L fall] seven times, they ·are never defeated [L get back up],
    but the wicked ·are overwhelmed by [stumble into] trouble.

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16 
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again,
But the wicked stumble in time of disaster and collapse.(A)

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16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,
    but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.(A)

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20 An evil person has ·nothing to hope for [L no future];
    the lamp of the wicked will be ·put out [extinguished].

21 My ·child [L son], ·respect [fear] the Lord and the king.
    Don’t join those people who ·refuse to obey them [rebel].
22 ·The Lord and the king [L They] will quickly destroy such people.
    ·Those two can cause great disaster! [L Who knows the disaster that both can bring?]

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

21 
My son, fear the Lord and the king;
And do not associate with those who are given to change [of allegiance, and are revolutionary],
22 
For their tragedy will rise suddenly,
And who knows the punishment that both [the Lord and the king] will bring on the rebellious?

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20 for the evildoer has no future hope,
    and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.(A)

Saying 30

21 Fear the Lord and the king,(B) my son,
    and do not join with rebellious officials,
22 for those two will send sudden destruction(C) on them,
    and who knows what calamities they can bring?

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