Proverbs 24:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Prov 23:18 : 18 For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
  • Prov 2:10 : 10 For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!
  • Jas 1:25 : 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.
  • Jer 15:16 : 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.
  • Prov 3:13-18 : 13 Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge. 14 For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold. 15 She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her. 16 Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour. 17 Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.
  • Prov 22:18 : 18 For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.
  • Ps 119:111 : 111 I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal heritage; for it is the joy of my heart.
  • Prov 2:1-5 : 1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind; 2 So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge; 3 Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge; 4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth; 5 Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.
  • Matt 19:21 : 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.
  • Ps 19:10-11 : 10 More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey. 11 By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 2:9-11
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    9Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

    10For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

    11Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

  • Prov 24:13
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    13My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:

  • Prov 23:18-19
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    18For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

    19Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

  • Prov 2:3-6
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    3Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

    4If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

    5Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

    6For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

  • Prov 19:8
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    8He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.

  • Prov 3:13-14
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    13Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

    14For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

  • Prov 4:7-8
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    7The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

    8Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love.

  • Prov 24:4
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    4And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things.

  • Eccl 7:11-12
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    11Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

    12Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.

  • Prov 8:35
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    35For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.

  • Job 28:12
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    12But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

  • Prov 3:4
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    4So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

  • Prov 5:2
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    2So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

  • Job 5:27
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    27See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.

  • Prov 18:15
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    15The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

  • Prov 8:9-12
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    9They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.

    10Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.

    11For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.

    12I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

  • Prov 16:16
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    16How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Prov 16:21
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    21The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

  • Prov 20:15
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    15There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.

  • Prov 13:12
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    12Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Prov 3:21-23
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    21My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

    22So they will be life for your soul, and grace for your neck.

    23Then you will go safely on your way, and your feet will have no cause for slipping.

  • Prov 4:5
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    5Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

  • Prov 29:17
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    17Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.

  • Prov 23:15
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    15My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

  • Prov 21:21
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    21He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.

  • Job 22:21
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    21Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.

  • Job 28:20
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    20From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

  • Prov 23:12
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    12Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Isa 33:6
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    6And she will have no more fear of change, being full of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is her wealth.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.

  • Prov 11:30
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    30The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.