Proverbs 24:13-14
Legacy Standard Bible
13 Eat (A)honey, my son, for it is good,
Indeed, the (B)honey from the comb is sweet to your taste;
14 Know that (C)wisdom is thus for your soul;
If you find it, then there will be a [a](D)future,
And your hope will not be cut off.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:14 Lit latter end
Proverbs 24:13-14
International Standard Version
13 My son, eat honey, because it’s good for you;[a]
indeed, drippings from the honeycomb are sweet to your taste;
14 Keep in mind that wisdom is like that for your soul;
if you find it, there will be a future for you,
and what you hope for won’t be cut short.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:13 The Heb. lacks for you
Proverbs 24:16
Legacy Standard Bible
16 For a (A)righteous man falls seven times, and rises again,
But the (B)wicked will stumble in [a]calamity.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:16 Lit evil
Proverbs 24:16
International Standard Version
16 for though a righteous man falls seven times,
he will rise again,
but the wicked stumble into calamity.
Proverbs 24:20-22
Legacy Standard Bible
21 My son, [b](D)fear Yahweh and the king;
Do not associate with those who change,
22 For suddenly their (E)disaster will rise,
And who knows the upheaval that comes from both of them?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:20 Lit latter end
- Proverbs 24:21 Or reverence
Proverbs 24:20-22
International Standard Version
20 For the wicked man has no future;
the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
21 My son, fear both the Lord and the king,
and don’t keep company with rebels.
22 They will be destroyed suddenly,
and who knows what kind of punishment will come from these two?
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