Proverbs 24:13

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

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  • Song 5:1 : 1 I have entered my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spices. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, and drink; be intoxicated with love.
  • Isa 7:15 : 15 He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right.
  • Prov 25:16 : 16 If you find honey, eat only as much as you need, lest you eat too much of it and vomit.
  • Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own glory.
  • Song 4:11 : 11 Your lips, my bride, drip honey like a honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the scent of Lebanon.
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, and altogether righteous.
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
  • Matt 3:4 : 4 Now John himself had a garment made of camel’s hair, and a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 25:16
    79%

    16If you find honey, eat only as much as you need, lest you eat too much of it and vomit.

  • Prov 16:23-24
    2 verses
    78%

    23The heart of the wise makes his mouth prudent, and his lips promote learning.

    24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

  • Prov 24:14
    77%

    14In the same way, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Ps 119:103
    77%

    103How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

  • Prov 27:7
    76%

    7A satisfied soul tramples on honey, but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Ps 19:10
    75%

    10The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, and altogether righteous.

  • Isa 7:15
    75%

    15He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right.

  • 1 Sam 14:29
    74%

    29Jonathan said, 'My father has brought trouble to the land. See how my eyes have brightened because I tasted just a little of this honey.'

  • Prov 25:27
    72%

    27It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own glory.

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

    25The entire army entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.

    26When the people entered the forest, they saw honey flowing, but no one dared to lift a hand to his mouth because the people were afraid of the oath.

    27Jonathan, however, had not heard his father make the people swear the oath. So he reached out the tip of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and raised it to his mouth. His eyes then brightened.

  • Prov 9:17
    72%

    17Stolen water is sweet, and food eaten in secret is delicious.

  • Prov 23:19
    72%

    19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right path.

  • Judg 14:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Later, when he returned to marry her, he turned aside to look at the lion’s carcass. Inside it, he saw a swarm of bees and some honey.

    9He scooped the honey into his hands and ate it as he went along. When he returned to his father and mother, he gave them some, and they ate it too. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the carcass of the lion.

  • Prov 24:12
    71%

    12If you say, 'We did not know about this,' won't the one who examines hearts perceive it? Won't the one who guards your soul know? He will repay everyone according to their deeds.

  • Prov 16:21
    71%

    21The wise in heart will be called discerning, and pleasant speech increases learning.

  • Prov 22:18
    71%

    18For it is pleasant when you keep them within you; they will be ready on your lips all together.

  • Prov 5:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen carefully to my understanding.

    2So you may preserve discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.

    3For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.

  • Prov 23:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15My son, if your heart becomes wise, my heart will also rejoice.

    16Yes, my inmost being will exult when your lips speak what is right.

  • Job 20:12
    71%

    12Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

  • Prov 23:8
    70%

    8You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

  • Prov 13:2
    70%

    2From the fruit of their lips, people enjoy good things, but the appetite of the treacherous desires violence.

  • Prov 2:10
    70%

    10For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

  • Prov 12:14
    70%

    14From the fruit of their lips, people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward.

  • Prov 27:11
    70%

    11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I may answer anyone who reproaches me.

  • Isa 7:22
    70%

    22And because of the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds, for everyone left in the land will eat curds and honey.

  • Ezek 3:3
    70%

    3He said to me, "Son of man, let this scroll fill your stomach and satisfy your insides. I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth."

  • Prov 4:10
    70%

    10Listen, my son, and accept my words, and the years of your life will be many.

  • Prov 20:17
    70%

    17Food gained by deceit is sweet to a person, but afterward their mouth is full of gravel.

  • Job 5:27
    70%

    27Behold, we have examined this, and it is true. Listen to it and apply it to yourself.

  • Deut 32:13
    69%

    13He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him with the produce of the fields. He gave him honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag.

  • Prov 23:26
    69%

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

  • Job 34:3
    69%

    3For the ear tests words as the tongue tastes food.

  • 1 Sam 14:43
    69%

    43Then Saul said to Jonathan, 'Tell me what you have done.' So Jonathan told him, 'I merely tasted a little honey with the tip of the staff that was in my hand, and now I must die?'

  • Prov 9:5
    69%

    5Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.

  • Ps 128:2
    69%

    2You will eat the fruit of your labor; you will be blessed, and it will go well with you.

  • Prov 4:22
    69%

    22For they are life to those who find them and healing to all their flesh.

  • Job 20:17
    69%

    17He will not see the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and butter.

  • Ps 34:8
    69%

    8The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, and He delivers them.

  • Job 12:11
    69%

    11"Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes its food?"

  • Prov 3:13
    68%

    13Blessed is the one who finds wisdom and the one who obtains understanding.

  • Prov 29:17
    68%

    17Discipline your son, and he will bring you peace; he will give delight to your soul.

  • Eccl 2:24
    68%

    24There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink and find enjoyment in their work. This too, I realized, is from the hand of God.