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13 My child, eat honey, for it is good,
    and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.(A)
14 Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
    if you find it, you will find a future,
    and your hope will not be cut off.(B)

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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.

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  1. Proverbs 24:13 The Heb. lacks for you

16 for though they fall seven times, they will rise again,
    but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.(A)

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16 for though a righteous man falls seven times,
    he will rise again,
        but the wicked stumble into calamity.

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20 for the evil have no future;
    the lamp of the wicked will go out.(A)

21 My child, fear the Lord and the king,
    and do not disobey either of them,[a](B)
22 for disaster comes from them suddenly,
    and who knows the ruin that both can bring?

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  1. 24.21 Gk: Heb do not associate with those who change

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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