Don’t Be Envious of Evil Men
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Proverbs 24:14
Parallel Verses
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. New Living Translation
In the same way, wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, you will have a bright future, and your hopes will not be cut short. English Standard Version
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. New American Standard Bible
Know that wisdom is thus for your soul; If you find it, then there will be a future, And your hope will not be cut off. King James Bible
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. Holman Christian Standard Bible
realize that wisdom is the same for you. If you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will never fade. International Standard Version
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. NET Bible
Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will not be cut off. Aramaic Bible in Plain English
So also you will find wisdom to your soul, and it will be the end to you, and your hope will not be cut off. GOD’S WORD® Translation
The knowledge of wisdom is like that for your soul. If you find it, then there is a future, and your hope will never be cut off. JPS Tanakh 1917
So know thou wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou hast found it, then shall there be a future, And thy hope shall not be cut off. New American Standard 1977
Know that wisdom is thus for your soul;
If you find it, then there will be a future,
And your hope will not be cut off. Jubilee Bible 2000
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: if thou shalt find it, and in the end thy hope shall not be cut off. King James 2000 Bible
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto your soul: when you have found it, then there shall be a reward, and your hope shall not be cut off. American King James Version
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul: when you have found it, then there shall be a reward, and your expectation shall not be cut off. American Standard Version
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. Douay-Rheims Bible
So also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul: which when thou hast found, thou shalt have hope in the end, and thy hope shall not perish. Darby Bible Translation
so consider wisdom for thy soul; if thou hast found it, there shall be a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off. English Revised Version
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. Webster’s Bible Translation
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. World English Bible
so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off. Young’s Literal Translation
So is the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.
Study Bible
Don’t Be Envious of Evil Men
Don’t Be Envious of Evil Men
…13My son, eat honey, for it is good, Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste; 14Know that wisdom is thus for your soul; If you find it, then there will be a future, And your hope will not be cut off. 15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not destroy his resting place;
Commentary
Matthew Henry Commentary
24:1,2 Envy not sinners. And let not a desire ever come into thy mind, Oh that I could shake off restraints! 3-6. Piety and prudence in outward affairs, both go together to complete a wise man. By knowledge the soul is filled with the graces and comforts of the spirit, those precious and pleasant riches. The spirit is strengthened for the spiritual work and the spiritual warfare, by true wisdom. 7-9. A weak man thinks wisdom is too high for him, therefore he will take no pains for it. It is bad to do evil, but worse to devise it. Even the first risings of sin in the heart are sin, and must be repented of. Those that strive to make others hateful, make themselves so. 10. Under troubles we are apt to despair of relief. But be of good courage, and God shall strengthen thy heart. 11,12. If a man know that his neighbour is in danger by any unjust proceeding, he is bound to do all in his power to deliver him. And what is it to suffer immortal souls to perish, when our persuasions and example may be the means of preventing it? 13,14. We are quickened to the study of wisdom by considering both the pleasure and the profit of it. All men relish things that are sweet to the palate; but many have no relish for the things that are sweet to the purified soul, and that make us wise unto salvation. 15,16. The sincere soul falls as a traveller may do, by stumbling at some stone in his path; but gets up, and goes on his way with more care and speed. This is rather to be understood of falls into affliction, than falls into actual sin.
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