13Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
14Know 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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Eatאֱכָל־H398Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularhoneyדְבַ֣שׁH1706Noun - masculine singularmy sonבְּנִ֣יH1121Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularforכִּי־H3588Conjunctionit is goodט֑וֹבH2896Adjective - masculine singularand the honeycombוְנֹ֥פֶתH5317Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularis sweetמָ֝ת֗וֹקH4966Adjective - masculine singularto yourעַל־H5921Prepositiontasteחִכֶּֽךָ׃H2441Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Verse 14
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Knowדְּעֶ֥הH3045Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singularthereforeכֵּ֤ן׀H3651Adverbthat wisdom [is sweet]חָכְמָ֗הH2451Noun - feminine singularto your soulלְנַ֫פְשֶׁ֥ךָH5315Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularIfאִם־H518Conjunctionyou find itמָ֭צָאתָH4672Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularthere isוְיֵ֣שׁH3426Conjunctive waw | Adverba future [for you]אַחֲרִ֑יתH319Noun - feminine singularand your hopeוְ֝תִקְוָתְךָ֗H8615Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularwill neverלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particlebe cut offתִכָּרֵֽת׃פH3772Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular