Proverbs 24:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:

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Referenced Verses

  • Song 5:1 : 1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.
  • Isa 7:15 : 15 Butter and honey will be his food, when he is old enough to make a decision between evil and good.
  • Prov 25:16 : 16 If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.
  • Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.
  • Song 4:11 : 11 Your lips are dropping honey; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your clothing is like the smell of Lebanon.
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!
  • Matt 3:4 : 4 Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 25:16
    79%

    16 If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.

  • Prov 16:23-24
    2 verses
    78%

    23 The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

    24 Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

  • Prov 24:14
    77%

    14 So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Ps 119:103
    77%

    103 How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!

  • Prov 27:7
    76%

    7 The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Ps 19:10
    75%

    10 More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.

  • Isa 7:15
    75%

    15 Butter and honey will be his food, when he is old enough to make a decision between evil and good.

  • 1 Sam 14:29
    74%

    29 Then Jonathan said, My father has made trouble come on the land: now see how bright my eyes have become because I have taken a little of this honey.

  • Prov 25:27
    72%

    27 It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.

  • 1 Sam 14:25-27
    3 verses
    72%

    25 And there was honey on the face of the field, and all the people came to the honey, the bees having gone from it;

    26 But not a man put his hand to his mouth for fear of the curse.

    27 But Jonathan, having no knowledge of the oath his father had put on the people, stretching out the rod which was in his hand, put the end of it in the honey, and put it to his mouth; then his eyes were made bright.

  • Prov 9:17
    72%

    17 Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.

  • Prov 23:19
    72%

    19 Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

  • Judg 14:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8 Then after a time he went back to take her; and turning from the road to see the dead body of the lion, he saw a mass of bees in the body of the lion, and honey there.

    9 And he took the honey in his hand, and went on, tasting it on the way; and when he came to his father and mother he gave some to them; but did not say that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.

  • Prov 24:12
    71%

    12 If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?

  • Prov 16:21
    71%

    21 The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.

  • Prov 22:18
    71%

    18 For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

  • Prov 5:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1 My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:

    2 So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

    3 For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

  • Prov 23:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15 My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

    16 And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.

  • Job 20:12
    71%

    12 Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;

  • Prov 23:8
    70%

    8 The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

  • Prov 13:2
    70%

    2 A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.

  • Prov 2:10
    70%

    10 For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

  • Prov 12:14
    70%

    14 From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.

  • Prov 27:11
    70%

    11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

  • Isa 7:22
    70%

    22 And they will give so much milk that he will be able to have butter for his food: for butter and honey will be the food of all who are still living in the land.

  • Ezek 3:3
    70%

    3 And he said to me, Son of man, let your stomach make a meal of it and let your inside be full of this roll which I am giving you. Then I took it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.

  • Prov 4:10
    70%

    10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

  • Prov 20:17
    70%

    17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.

  • Job 5:27
    70%

    27 See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.

  • Deut 32:13
    69%

    13 He put him on the high places of the earth, his food was the increase of the field; honey he gave him out of the rock and oil out of the hard rock;

  • Prov 23:26
    69%

    26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

  • Job 34:3
    69%

    3 For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.

  • 1 Sam 14:43
    69%

    43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Give me an account of what you have done. And Jonathan gave him the story and said, Certainly I took a little honey on the end of my rod; and now death is to be my fate.

  • Prov 9:5
    69%

    5 Come, take of my bread, and of my wine which is mixed.

  • Ps 128:2
    69%

    2 You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.

  • Prov 4:22
    69%

    22 For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.

  • Job 20:17
    69%

    17 Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk.

  • Ps 34:8
    69%

    8 By experience you will see that the Lord is good; happy is the man who has faith in him.

  • Job 12:11
    69%

    11 Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?

  • Prov 3:13
    68%

    13 Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

  • Prov 29:17
    68%

    17 Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.

  • Eccl 2:24
    68%

    24 There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.