Proverbs 24:13
Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
BSB
ASV
My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:
KJV
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Honey entered largely into the diet of Hebrew children Isa 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 Pro 24:14 the parable is explained.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Matthew 3:4John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
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“He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.
Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.
Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.
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Song of Solomon 5:1I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk.…
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My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.
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Isaiah 7:15By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
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and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.
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Proverbs 25:16If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
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It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.