13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
14 Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 24:13-14
Wisdom Builds the House: Justice, Courage, Diligence, Enemies, and the Future of the Righteous
The chapter moves from warnings against envying the wicked, to wisdom as constructive strength, to courageous rescue, to future hope, to restraint toward enemies, to public justice and honest speech, and finally to ordered labor and the severe warning of the sluggard's ruined field.
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Verse 13
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Eat אֱכָל־ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular honey דְבַ֣שׁ H1706 Noun - masculine singular my son בְּנִ֣י H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular for כִּי־ H3588 Conjunction it is good ט֑וֹב H2896 Adjective - masculine singular and the honeycomb וְנֹ֥פֶת H5317 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular is sweet מָ֝ת֗וֹק H4966 Adjective - masculine singular to your עַל־ H5921 Preposition taste חִכֶּֽךָ׃ H2441 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Verse 14
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Know דְּעֶ֥ה H3045 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular therefore כֵּ֤ן׀ H3651 Adverb that wisdom [is sweet] חָכְמָ֗ה H2451 Noun - feminine singular to your soul לְנַ֫פְשֶׁ֥ךָ H5315 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular If אִם־ H518 Conjunction you find it מָ֭צָאתָ H4672 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular there is וְיֵ֣שׁ H3426 Conjunctive waw | Adverb a future [for you] אַחֲרִ֑ית H319 Noun - feminine singular and your hope וְ֝תִקְוָתְךָ֗ H8615 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular will never לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle be cut off תִכָּרֵֽת׃פ H3772 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular