Proverbs 24:13

King James Version 1611 (Original)

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

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Referenced Verses

  • Song 5:1 : 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.
  • Isa 7:15 : 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know 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 their own glory is not glory.
  • Song 4:11 : 11 Thy lips, O my spouse, 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 honeycomb.
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
  • Matt 3:4 : 4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 25:16
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    16Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

  • Prov 16:23-24
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    23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

    24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

  • Prov 24:14
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    14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

  • Ps 119:103
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    103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

  • Prov 27:7
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    7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Ps 19:10
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    10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

  • Isa 7:15
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    15Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

  • 1 Sam 14:29
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    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
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    27It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

  • 1 Sam 14:25-27
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    25And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.

    26And when the people were come into the wood, 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 an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.

  • Prov 9:17
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    17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

  • Prov 23:19
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    19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

  • Judg 14:8-9
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    8And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.

    9And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.

  • Prov 24:12
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    12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

  • Prov 16:21
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    21The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

  • Prov 5:1-3
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    1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

    2That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

    3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

  • Prov 23:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

    16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

  • Job 20:12
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    12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

  • Prov 23:8
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    8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

  • Prov 13:2
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    2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

  • Prov 2:10
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    10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

  • Prov 12:14
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    14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

  • Prov 27:11
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    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

  • Isa 7:22
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    22And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

  • Ezek 3:3
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    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
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    10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

  • Prov 20:17
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    17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

  • Job 5:27
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    27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

  • Deut 32:13
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    13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

  • Prov 23:26
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    26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

  • Job 34:3
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    3For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

  • 1 Sam 14:43
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    43Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.

  • Prov 9:5
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    5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

  • Ps 128:2
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    2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

  • Prov 4:22
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    22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

  • Job 20:17
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    17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

  • Ps 34:8
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    8O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

  • Job 12:11
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    11Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

  • Prov 29:17
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    17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

  • Eccl 2:24
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    24There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.