Proverbs 24:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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.

Proverbs 24:14 Cross References

Proverbs 23:18

Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Proverbs 2:10

for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;

James 1:25

But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing.

Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.

Psalm 119:103

How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Proverbs 22:18

for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

Psalm 119:111

Your decrees are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.

Matthew 19:21

Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.