13 My son, eat (A)honey, for it is good;
Yes, the (B)honey from the comb is sweet to your taste;
14 Know that (C)wisdom is the same for your soul;
If you find it, then there will be a [a](D)future,
And your hope will not be cut off.

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  1. Proverbs 24:14 Lit latter end

13 My child, eat honey, for it is good,
    and the dripping of the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
14 Thus know wisdom for the sake of your soul,[a]
    if you find it, then there is a future,
    and your hope will not be cut off.

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  1. Proverbs 24:14 Or “life,” or “inner self”

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

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16 For seven times the righteous will fall, but he will rise,
    but the wicked will be overthrown by calamity.

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20 For (A)there will be no [a](B)future for the evil person;
The (C)lamp of the wicked will be put out.

21 My son, [b](D)fear the Lord and the king;
Do not get involved with those [c]of high rank,
22 For their (E)disaster will rise suddenly,
And who knows the ruin that can come from both of them?

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  1. Proverbs 24:20 Lit latter end
  2. Proverbs 24:21 Or revere
  3. Proverbs 24:21 Or who change

20 For there will not be a future for the evil;
    the lamp of the wicked will die out.
21 Fear Yahweh, my son, and the king;
    with those who change, do not associate.
22 For suddenly their disaster will come,
    and the ruin of both of them,[a] who knows?

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  1. Proverbs 24:22 Literally “the two of them”