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


In Context

10 If you falter in times of trouble, how small is your strength!

11 Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.

12 If you say, "But we knew nothing about this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay each person according to what he has done?

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

14 Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.

15 Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against a righteous man's house, do not raid his dwelling 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:13Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and a honeycomb is 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: