Proverbs 24:13
“My sonne, eate thou honie, because it is good, and the honie combe, which is sweete to thy taste.”
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Proverbs 24:13 Context
11If thou forbeare to deliuer them that are drawen vnto death, and those that are ready to be slaine: 12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not: doth not he that pondereth the heart, consider it? and he that keepeth thy soule, doth not he know it? and shall not hee render to euery man according to his workes? 13My sonne, eate thou honie, because it is good, and the honie combe, which is sweete to thy taste. 14So shall the knowledge of wisedome be vnto thy soule: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. 15Lay not waite, (O wicked man) against the dwelling of the righteous: spoile not his resting place.
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My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:
- King James Version
My son, eat honey, for it is good, Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste;
- New American Standard Version (1995)