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Proverbs 24:13

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¶ My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:

My son {H1121}, eat {H398} thou honey {H1706}, because it is good {H2896}; and the honeycomb {H5317}, which is sweet {H4966} to thy taste {H2441}:

My son, eat honey, for it is good; honeycomb drippings are sweet to your taste.

Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 7:15 (5 votes)

    Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

  • Song Of Solomon 5:1 (5 votes)

    ¶ I 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 25:16 (3 votes)

    ¶ Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

  • Song Of Solomon 4:11 (2 votes)

    Thy 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.

  • Psalms 19:10 (2 votes)

    More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

  • Psalms 119:103 (2 votes)

    ¶ How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!

  • Matthew 3:4 (1 votes)

    And 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.