13 My son, eat [a]honey, for it is good, and the honey comb, for it is sweet unto thy mouth.

14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul if thou find it, and there shall be an [b]end, and thine hope shall not be cut off.

15 Lay no wait, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoil not his resting place.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:13 As honey is sweet and pleasant to the taste, so wisdom is to the soul.
  2. Proverbs 24:14 Or, reward.

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