18 I am the mother of fair love, and fear, and knowledge, and holy hope: I therefore, being eternal, am given to all my children which are named of him. (KJV) 19 “Come to me, all you who desire me, and be filled with my fruits. (WEB) 20 For my memory is sweeter than honey, and my inheritance than the honeycomb. (WEB) 21 Those who eat me will be hungry for more. Those who drink me will be thirsty for more. (WEB)
Sirach 24:18–21
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Proverbs 24:12–14
12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds? 13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
Sirach 4:11–13
11 Wisdom exalts her sons, and takes hold of those who seek her. (WEB) 12 He who loves her loves life. Those who seek her early will be filled with gladness. (WEB) 13 He who holds her fast will inherit glory. Where he enters, the Lord will bless. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 7:10–12
10 I loved her more than health and beauty, and I chose to have her rather than light, because her bright shining is never laid to sleep. (WEB) 11 All good things came to me with her, and innumerable riches are in her hands. (WEB) 12 And I rejoiced over them all because wisdom lead… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 16:20–22
20 Instead of these things, you gave your people angels’ food to eat, and you provided ready-to-eat bread for them from heaven without toil, having the virtue of every pleasant flavor, and agreeable to every taste. (WEB) 21 For your nature showed your sweetness toward you… (WEB)
Proverbs 8:16–18
16 By me princes rule, and all nobles who govern justly. 17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me. 18 With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.
Psalms 119:102–104
102 I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me. 103 How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth! 104 I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
Proverbs 8:20–22
20 I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, 21 bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full. 22 The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
Proverbs 8:34–36
34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway. 35 For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD. 36 But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
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