Proverbs 24:13

Modern English Version

My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the honeycomb which is sweet to your taste.

Cross References

Psalm 119:103

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

Psalm 19:10

More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.

Proverbs 25:16

Have you found honey? Eat only as much as is sufficient for you, lest you be filled with it and vomit it out.

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to seek their own glory is not glorious.

Proverbs 27:7

A full soul loathes honey, but to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Song of Solomon 4:11

Your lips drip sweet honey, my bride. Honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your clothing is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

Song of Solomon 5:1

I came to my garden, my sister, my bride; I gathered my myrrh with my spice. I ate my honeycomb with my honey, and I drank my wine with my milk. Eat, my friends! Drink, and be drunk, O lovers!

Isaiah 7:15

Curds and honey he shall eat at the time that he knows enough to refuse the evil and choose the good.

Matthew 3:4

This same John had clothing made of camel’s hair, a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Judges 14:9

He scooped it out into his hands and ate it as he went along. He came to his father and mother and gave some to them, and they also ate. Yet he did not tell them he had scooped the honey out of a lion’s carcass.

1 Samuel 14:27

But Jonathan had not heard when his father made the people swear. Therefore he put forward the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb. Then he put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes were brightened.