Proverbs 24:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

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Referenced Verses

  • Song 5:1 : 1 The Lover to His Beloved: I have entered my garden, O my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk!The Poet to the Couple: Eat, friends, and drink! Drink freely, O lovers!
  • Isa 7:15 : 15 He will eat sour milk and honey, which will help him know how to reject evil and choose what is right.
  • Prov 25:16 : 16 You have found honey–eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.
  • Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.
  • Song 4:11 : 11 Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride, honey and milk are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 Your words are sweeter in my mouth than honey!
  • Matt 3:4 : 4 Now John wore clothing made from camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his diet consisted of locusts and wild honey.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 25:16
    79%

    16You have found honey–eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.

  • Prov 16:23-24
    2 verses
    78%

    23A wise person’s heart makes his speech wise and it adds persuasiveness to his words.

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

  • Prov 24:14
    77%

    14Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you have found it, you have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Ps 119:103
    77%

    103Your words are sweeter in my mouth than honey!

  • Prov 27:7
    76%

    7The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Ps 19:10
    75%

    10They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.

  • Isa 7:15
    75%

    15He will eat sour milk and honey, which will help him know how to reject evil and choose what is right.

  • 1 Sam 14:29
    74%

    29Then Jonathan said,“My father has caused trouble for the land. See how my eyes gleamed when 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 for people to seek their own glory.

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

    25Now the whole army entered the forest and there was honey on the ground.

    26When the army entered the forest, they saw the honey flowing, but no one ate any of it, for the army was afraid of the oath.

    27But Jonathan had not heard about the oath his father had made the army take. He extended the end of his staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he ate it, his eyes gleamed.

  • Prov 9:17
    72%

    17“Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!”

  • Prov 23:19
    72%

    19Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

  • Judg 14:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to see the lion’s remains. He saw a swarm of bees in the lion’s carcass, as well as some honey.

    9He scooped it up with his hands and ate it as he walked along. When he returned to his father and mother, he offered them some and they ate it. But he did not tell them he had scooped the honey out of the lion’s carcass.

  • Prov 24:12
    71%

    12If you say,“But we did not know about this,” won’t the one who evaluates hearts discern it? Won’t the one who guards your life realize and repay each person according to his deeds?

  • Prov 16:21
    71%

    21The one who is wise in heart is called discerning, and kind speech increases persuasiveness.

  • Prov 22:18
    71%

    18For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.

  • Prov 5:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1Admonition to Avoid Seduction to Evil My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding,

    2in order to safeguard discretion, and that your lips may guard knowledge.

    3For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,

  • Prov 23:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;

    16my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

  • Job 20:12
    71%

    12“If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

  • Prov 23:8
    70%

    8you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.

  • Prov 13:2
    70%

    2From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the treacherous desire the fruit of violence.

  • Prov 2:10
    70%

    10For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.

  • Prov 12:14
    70%

    14A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.

  • Prov 27:11
    70%

    11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me.

  • Isa 7:22
    70%

    22From the abundance of milk they produce, he will have sour milk for his meals. Indeed, everyone left in the heart of the land will eat sour milk and honey.

  • Ezek 3:3
    70%

    3He said to me,“Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your belly with this scroll I am giving to you.” So I ate it, and it was sweet like honey in my mouth.

  • Prov 4:10
    70%

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

  • Prov 20:17
    70%

    17Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

  • Job 5:27
    70%

    27Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”

  • Deut 32:13
    69%

    13He enabled him to travel over the high terrain of the land, and he ate of the produce of the fields. He provided honey for him from the cliffs, and olive oil from the hardest of rocks,

  • Prov 23:26
    69%

    26Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;

  • Job 34:3
    69%

    3For the ear assesses words as the mouth tastes food.

  • 1 Sam 14:43
    69%

    43So Saul said to Jonathan,“Tell me what you have done.” Jonathan told him,“I used the end of the staff that was in my hand to taste a little honey. I must die!”

  • Prov 9:5
    69%

    5“Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed.

  • Ps 128:2
    69%

    2You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure.

  • Prov 4:22
    69%

    22for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body.

  • Job 20:17
    69%

    17He will not look on the streams, the rivers, which are the torrents of honey and butter.

  • Ps 34:8
    69%

    8Taste and see that the LORD is good! How blessed is the one who takes shelter in him!

  • Job 12:11
    69%

    11Does not the ear test words, as the tongue tastes food?

  • Prov 3:13
    68%

    13Blessings of Obtaining Wisdom Blessed is the one who has found wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding.

  • Prov 29:17
    68%

    17Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.

  • Eccl 2:24
    68%

    24Enjoy Work and its Benefits There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God.