13Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and a honeycomb is sweet to thy taste:


In Context

10 If thou losest courage in the day of trouble, thy strength is small.

11 Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.

12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not, will not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that preserveth thy soul, he knoweth it; and he rendereth to man according to his work.

13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and a honeycomb is sweet to thy taste:

14 so consider wisdom for thy soul; if thou hast found it, there shall be a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste his resting-place.

Proverbs 24:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:13My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:13Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:13Fat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:13My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:13My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:13My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honey-comb, which is sweet to thy taste:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:13My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:13Eat my son, honey that is good, And the honeycomb — sweet to thy palate.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:13My son, eat you honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste: