Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 24:13
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Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
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My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:
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My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:
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Proverbs 24
11 Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
14 Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.
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