Proverbs 24:13
Eat honey, my son, because it is good; and the fine honey, which is sweet to thy palate:
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 14:27But Jonathan had not heard his father charging the people with the oath; he therefore put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and dipped it in a honey-comb, and carried his hand again to his mouth; and his eyes became clear.
Psalms 119:103How much sweeter are to my palate thy sayings than honey to my mouth!
Proverbs 25:27To eat too much honey is not good: so is it honor to set a limit to men's honor.
Song of Solomon 5:1I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] bride; I have plucked my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my sugar-cane with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, ye companions; drink, yea, drink abundantly, ye friends.—
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:12-13
Pleasure and Advantages of Wisdom. 11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works? Here is, 1. A great duty required of us, and that is to appear for the relief of oppressed innocency. If we see the lives or livelihoods of any in danger of being taken away… Read the whole commentary →