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


In Context

10 If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.

11 Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!

12 If you say, |Behold, we didn't know this;| doesn't he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn't he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?

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

14 so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off.

15 Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy 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 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 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: