Proverbs 24:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ 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.

Proverbs 24:14 Cross References

Psalm 119:103

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

Psalm 119:111

Thy testimonies are my heritage for ever; yea, they are the joy of my heart.

Proverbs 16:24

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

Proverbs 2:10

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

Proverbs 22:18

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

Proverbs 23:18

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

Jeremiah 15:16

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

Matthew 19:21

Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

James 1:25

But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer that forgets but a doer that acts, he shall be blessed in his doing.