Proverbs 24:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Song 5:1 : 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.
Isa 7:15 : 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Prov 25:16 : 16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to eat much honey: So [for men] to search out their own glory is grievous.
Song 4:11 : 11 Thy lips, O [my] bride, drop [as] the honeycomb: Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Ps 19:10 : 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.
Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [Yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
Matt 3:4 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 25:16
79%
16Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Prov 16:23-24
2 verses
78%
23The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.
24Pleasant words are [as] a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Prov 24:14
77%
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.
Ps 119:103
77%
103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [Yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
Prov 27:7
76%
7The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Ps 19:10
75%
10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.
Isa 7:15
75%
15Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
1 Sam 14:29
74%
29Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
Prov 25:27
72%
27It is not good to eat much honey: So [for men] to search out their own glory is grievous.
1 Sam 14:25-27
3 verses
72%
25And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground.
26And when the people were come unto the forest, behold, the honey dropped: but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath.
27But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
Prov 9:17
72%
17Stolen waters are sweet, And bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.
Prov 23:19
72%
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.
Judg 14:8-9
2 verses
71%
8And after a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
9And he took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave unto them, and they did eat: but he told them not that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.
Prov 24:12
71%
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?
Prov 16:21
71%
21The wise in heart shall be called prudent; And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
Prov 22:18
71%
18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
Prov 5:1-3
3 verses
71%
1My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:
2That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.
3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
Prov 23:15-16
2 verses
71%
15My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:
16Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.
Job 20:12
71%
12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,
Prov 23:8
70%
8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.
Prov 13:2
70%
2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous [shall eat] violence.
Prov 2:10
70%
10For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
Prov 12:14
70%
14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; And the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
Prov 27:11
70%
11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Isa 7:22
70%
22and it shall come to pass, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the midst of the land.
Ezek 3:3
70%
3And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
Prov 4:10
70%
10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.
Prov 20:17
70%
17Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Job 5:27
70%
27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Deut 32:13
69%
13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he did eat the increase of the field; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock;
Prov 23:26
69%
26My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.
Job 34:3
69%
3For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food.
1 Sam 14:43
69%
43Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did certainly taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and, lo, I must die.
Prov 9:5
69%
5Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Ps 128:2
69%
2For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Prov 4:22
69%
22For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.
Job 20:17
69%
17He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.
Ps 34:8
69%
8Oh taste and see that Jehovah is good: Blessed is the man that taketh refuge in him.
Job 12:11
69%
11Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food?
Prov 3:13
68%
13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.
Prov 29:17
68%
17Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.
Eccl 2:24
68%
24There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.