KJV King James Version
My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Proverbs 24:13
My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
WEB World English Bible
My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:
ASV American Standard Version
My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Eat my son, honey that is good, And the honeycomb—sweet to thy palate.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 24
10 [If] thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small.
11 If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;
12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?
13 My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:
14 So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul: when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
15 Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
16 For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
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Isaiah 7:15Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.Song of Solomon 5:1I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.Proverbs 25:16Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.Song of Solomon 4:11Thy lips, O [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb: honey and milk [are] under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments [is] like the smell of Lebanon.Psalm 119:103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!Proverbs 25:27[It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.Matthew 3:4And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.Psalm 19:10More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
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