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Proverbs 24:13
Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat.
Proverbs 24:13 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Proverbs 24:13 in other translations
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;
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In context
10 If thou lose hope, being weary in the day of distress, thy strength shall be diminished.
11 Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death, forbear not to deliver.
12 If thou say: I have not strength enough: he that seeth into the heart, he understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul, and he shall render to a man according to his works.
13 Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat.
14 So also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul: which when thou hast found, thou shalt have hope in the end, and thy hope shall not perish.
15 Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest.
16 For a just man shall fall seven times, and shall rise again: but the wicked shall fall down into evil.
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