Proverbs 24:13

A Conservative Version

My son, eat thou honey, for it is good, and the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste,

Cross References

Isaiah 7:15

Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

Song of Solomon 5:1

I have come into my garden, my sister, [my] bride. 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.

Proverbs 25:16

Have thou found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.

Song of Solomon 4:11

Thy lips, O [my] bride, drop the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under thy tongue, and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

Psalm 119:103

How sweet are thy words to my taste, than honey to my mouth!

Psalm 19:10

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold. Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.

Matthew 3:4

Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather belt about his waist. And his food was locusts and wild honey.

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey, so [for men] to search out their own glory is grievous.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are a honeycomb: Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Proverbs 27:7

The full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Judges 14:9

And he took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went. And he came to his father and mother, and gave to them, and they ate, but he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.

1 Samuel 14:27

But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath, therefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes were enlightened.