Proverbs 24:14

Bible in Basic English 1965

So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Cross References

Psalm 119:103

How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!

Psalm 119:111

I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal heritage; for it is the joy of my heart.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

Proverbs 2:10

For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

Proverbs 22:18

For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

Proverbs 23:18

For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Jeremiah 15:16

But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.

Matthew 19:21

Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.

James 1:25

But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.