God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 24:13
13Eat honey, my son, because it is good. Honey that flows from the honeycomb tastes sweet.
Proverbs 24:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
- New International Version (NIV)Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My son, eat honey because it is good, And the honeycomb which is sweet to your taste;
Context of Proverbs 24:13
11Rescue captives condemned to death, and spare those staggering toward their slaughter. 12When you say, “We didn’t know this,” won’t the one who weighs hearts take note of it? Won’t the one who guards your soul know it? Won’t he pay back people for what they do? Eat honey, my son, because it is good. Honey that flows from the honeycomb tastes sweet. 14The knowledge of wisdom is like that for your soul. If you find it, then there is a future, and your hope will never be cut off. 15You wicked one, do not lie in ambush at the home of a righteous person. Do not rob his house.
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:13 word by word
אֱכָל־בְּנִ֣י דְבַ֣שׁ כִּי־ט֑וֹב וְנֹ֥פֶת מָ֝ת֗וֹק עַל־חִכֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 24:13
- Proverbs 25:16When you find honey, eat only as much as you need. Otherwise, you will have too much and vomit.
- Isaiah 7:15He will eat cheese and honey until he knows how to reject evil and choose good.
- Matthew 3:4John wore clothes made from camel’s hair and had a leather belt around his waist. His diet consisted of locusts and wild honey.
Commentaries on Proverbs 24:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13And the honey-comb - I have often had occasion to remark how much finer the flavour of honey is in the honey-comb than it is after it has been expressed from it, and exposed to the action of the air. But it has been asserted that the honey-comb is never eaten; it must be by those who have no acquaintance with the apiary. I have seen the comb with its contained honey eaten frequently, and of it I have repeatedly partaken. And that our Lord ate it, is…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Honey entered largely into the diet of Hebrew children Isaiah 7:15, so that it was as natural an emblem for the purest and simplest wisdom, as the “sincere milk of the word” was to the New Testament writers. The learner hears what seems to be a rule of diet - then Proverbs 24:14 the parable is explained.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-14Verses 13-14 We are quickened to the study of wisdom by considering both the pleasure and the profit of it. All men relish things that are sweet to the palate; but many have no relish for the things that are sweet to the purified soul, and that make us wise unto salvation.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14Saying 26: Both honey and wisdom are sweet. Wisdom enriches the soul and creates more future opportunities.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1413-14. As delicious food whets the appetite, so should the rewards of wisdom excite us to seek it.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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