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Proverbs 24:13

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24:13Eat honey,21 my child, for it is good,

and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

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  1. 21 The twenty-sixth saying teaches that one should develop wisdom because it has a profitable future. The saying draws on the image of honey; its health-giving properties make a good analogy to wisdom.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

My son, eat honey, for it is good,

and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Eat honey, my son, for it is good;

honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Eat honey, my son, for it is good,

and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;

NLTNew Living Translation

My child, eat honey, for it is good,

and the honeycomb is sweet to the taste.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

My child, eat honey, for it is good,

and the dripping of the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

KJV 1900King James Version

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good;

And the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: