Proverbs 24:13

New American Bible - revised edition

If you eat honey, my son, because it is good, if pure honey is sweet to your taste,

Cross References

Psalm 119:103

How sweet to my tongue is your promise, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Psalm 19:10

The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The statutes of the Lord are true, all of them just;

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasing words are a honeycomb, sweet to the taste and invigorating to the bones.

Proverbs 25:16

If you find honey, eat only what you need, lest you have your fill and vomit it up.

Proverbs 25:27

To eat too much honey is not good; nor to seek honor after honor.

Proverbs 27:7

One who is full spurns honey; but to the hungry, any bitter thing is sweet.

Song of Solomon 4:11

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

Song of Solomon 5:1

M I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I gather my myrrh with my spices, I eat my honeycomb with my honey, I drink my wine with my milk. D? Eat, friends; drink! Drink deeply, lovers!

Isaiah 7:15

Curds and honey he will eat so that he may learn to reject evil and choose good;

Matthew 3:4

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

Judges 14:9

So he scooped the honey out into his hands and ate it as he went along. When he came to his father and mother, he gave them some to eat, but he did not tell them that he had scooped the honey from the lion’s carcass.

1 Samuel 14:27

Jonathan, who had not heard that his father had put the people under oath, thrust out the end of the staff he was holding and dipped it into the honeycomb. Then he raised it to his mouth and his eyes brightened.