Proverbs 24:13
What does Proverbs 24:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 24:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:
KJV
King James Version · 1611My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Eat my son, honey that <FI>is<Fi> good, And the honeycomb--sweet to thy palate.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and a honeycomb is sweet to thy taste:
Context
v.12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this; Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?
v.13This passage
v.14So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, And thy hope shall not be cut off.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Song of Solomon 5:1
I am come into 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; Drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
- Psalms 19:10
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.
- Psalms 119:103
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
- Matthew 3:4
Now John himself had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
- Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat much honey; Sofor mento search out their own glory is grievous.
- Song of Solomon 4:11
Thy lips, O mybride, drop asthe honeycomb: Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
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