Proverbs 24:13-14
Revised Standard Version
13 My son, eat honey, for it is good,
and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
14 Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
if you find it, there will be a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs 24:13-14
American Standard Version
13 My son, eat thou honey, for it is good;
And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:
14 So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul;
If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward,
And thy hope shall not be cut off.
Proverbs 24:16
Revised Standard Version
16 for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again;
but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
Proverbs 24:16
American Standard Version
16 For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again;
But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
Proverbs 24:20-22
Revised Standard Version
20 for the evil man has no future;
the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
21 My son, fear the Lord and the king,
and do not disobey either of them;[a]
22 for disaster from them will rise suddenly,
and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:21 Gk: Heb do not associate with those who change
Proverbs 24:20-22
American Standard Version
20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
21 My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king;
And company not with them that are given to change:
22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly;
And the destruction [a]from them both, who knoweth it?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:22 Or, of their years
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