Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste. New Living Translation My child, eat honey, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to the taste. English Standard Version My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste. Berean Standard Bible Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste. King James Bible My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: New King James Version My son, eat honey because it is good, And the honeycomb which is sweet to your taste; New American Standard Bible My son, eat honey, for it is good; Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste; NASB 1995 My son, eat honey, for it is good, Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste; NASB 1977 My son, eat honey, for it is good, Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste; Legacy Standard Bible Eat honey, my son, for it is good, Indeed, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste; Amplified Bible My son, eat honey, because it is good, And the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste. Christian Standard Bible Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate; Holman Christian Standard Bible Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate; American Standard Version My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste: Aramaic Bible in Plain English Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and honeycomb is sweet to your palate. Brenton Septuagint Translation My son, eat honey, for the honeycomb is good, that thy throat may be sweetened. Contemporary English Version Honey is good for you, my children, and it tastes sweet. Douay-Rheims Bible Fat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat: English Revised Version My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: GOD'S WORD® Translation Eat honey, my son, because it is good. Honey that flows from the honeycomb tastes sweet. Good News Translation My child, eat honey; it is good. And just as honey from the comb is sweet on your tongue, International Standard Version My son, eat honey, because it's good for you; indeed, drippings from the honeycomb are sweet to your taste; JPS Tanakh 1917 My son, eat thou honey, for it is good, And the honeycomb is sweet to thy taste; Literal Standard Version My son, eat honey that [is] good, | And the honeycomb [is] sweet to your palate. Majority Standard Bible Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste. New American Bible If you eat honey, my son, because it is good, if pure honey is sweet to your taste, NET Bible Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste. New Revised Standard Version My child, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste. New Heart English Bible My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste. Webster's Bible Translation My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honey-comb, which is sweet to thy taste: World English Bible My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste; Young's Literal Translation Eat my son, honey that is good, And the honeycomb -- sweet to thy palate. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Do not Envy…12If 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? 13Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste. 14Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.… Cross References Psalm 19:10 They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb. Psalm 119:103 How sweet are Your words to my taste--sweeter than honey in my mouth! Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Proverbs 25:16 If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up. Proverbs 27:7 The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet. Song of Solomon 4:11 Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon. Song of Solomon 5:1 I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; 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, and drink; drink freely, O beloved. Treasury of Scripture My son, eat you honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste: eat Proverbs 25:16,27 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it… Song of Solomon 5:1 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. Isaiah 7:15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. to the taste or upon thy palate Jump to Previous Comb Drippings Droppings Eat Flowing Good Honey Honeycomb Honey-Comb Palate Sweet TasteJump to Next Comb Drippings Droppings Eat Flowing Good Honey Honeycomb Honey-Comb Palate Sweet TasteProverbs 24 1. Precepts and WarningsVerses 13, 14. - An exhortation to the study of wisdom, with an analogy. Verse 13. - Eat thou honey, because it is good. Honey entered largely into the diet of the Oriental, and was regarded not only as pleasant to the taste and nutritious, but also as possessed of healing powers. It was especially used for children's food (Isaiah 7:15), and thus becomes an emblem of the purest wisdom. "I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey," says the lover in Song of Solomon 5:1; and the psalmist says that the ordinances of the Lord are "sweeter than honey and the honeycomb" (Psalm 19:10; see on Proverbs 25:16). Palestine was a land flowing with milk and honey (Exodus 3:8); hence is derived the continual reference to this article of diet in the Bible. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Eatאֱכָל־ (’ĕ·ḵāl-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat honey, דְבַ֣שׁ (ḏə·ḇaš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1706: Honey, syrup my son, בְּנִ֣י (bə·nî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1121: A son for כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction it is good, ט֑וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good and the honeycomb וְנֹ֥פֶת (wə·nō·p̄eṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5317: Flowing honey, honey from the comb is sweet מָ֝ת֗וֹק (mā·ṯō·wq) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4966: Sweet, sweetness to your עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against taste. חִכֶּֽךָ׃ (ḥik·ke·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2441: Palate, roof of the mouth, gums Links Proverbs 24:13 NIVProverbs 24:13 NLT Proverbs 24:13 ESV Proverbs 24:13 NASB Proverbs 24:13 KJV Proverbs 24:13 BibleApps.com Proverbs 24:13 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 24:13 Chinese Bible Proverbs 24:13 French Bible Proverbs 24:13 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 24:13 My son eat honey for it (Prov. 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