Proverbs 24:13-15

¹³ My son , eat honey , for it is good , Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste ; ¹⁴ Know that wisdom is thus for your soul ; If you find it, then there will be a future , And your hope will not be cut off .

¹⁵ Do not lie in wait , O wicked man , against the dwelling of the righteous ; Do not destroy his resting place ;

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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 24:13-15

Commentary on Proverbs 24:13-14

(Read Proverbs 24:13-14)

We are quickened to the study of wisdom by considering both the pleasure and the profit of it. All men relish things that are sweet to the palate; but many have no relish for the things that are sweet to the purified soul, and that make us wise unto salvation.

Commentary on Proverbs 24:15-16

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The sincere soul falls as a traveller may do, by stumbling at some stone in his path; but gets up, and goes on his way with more care and speed. This is rather to be understood of falls into affliction, than falls into actual sin.