How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Proverbs 24:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 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. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So shall you know skillful and godly Wisdom to be thus to your life; if you find it, then shall there be a future and a reward, and your hope and expectation shall not be cut off. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Know that wisdom is like that for your whole being. If you find it, there is a future. Your hope won’t be cut off. Catholic Public Domain Version So, too, is the doctrine of wisdom to your soul. When you have found it, you will have hope in the end, and your hope shall not perish. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
For wisdom shall enter into thine heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth, but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.