13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
Proverbs 24:13
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Proverbs 25:15–17
15 Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone. 16 If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up. 17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.
Proverbs 16:23–25
23 The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips. 24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. 25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
Sirach 24:19–21
19 “Come to me, all you who desire me, and be filled with my fruits. (WEB) 20 For my memory is sweeter than honey, and my inheritance than the honeycomb. (WEB) 21 Those who eat me will be hungry for more. Those who drink me will be thirsty for more. (WEB)
Proverbs 25:26–28
26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. 27 It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory. 28 Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
Psalms 119:102–104
102 I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me. 103 How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth! 104 I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
Isaiah 7:14–16
14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel. 15 By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey. 16 For before the boy kn…
Ezekiel 3:2–4
2 So I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll. 3 “Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. 4 Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and spe…
Psalms 19:9–11
9 The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous. 10 They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb. 11 By them indeed Your servant is warned;…
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