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It is frequently mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments, often symbolizing abundance, delight, and the richness of God's provision.<br><br><b>Symbol of Abundance and Prosperity</b><br><br>In the Bible, honey is often associated with abundance and prosperity. The Promised Land is famously described as "a land flowing with milk and honey" (<a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8</a>), symbolizing its fertility and the richness of God's blessings. This phrase is repeated throughout the Pentateuch, emphasizing the bountiful nature of the land God promised to the Israelites.<br><br><b>Dietary Use and Nourishment</b><br><br>Honey was a common food in biblical times, valued for its sweetness and energy-giving properties. In <a href="/1_samuel/14-25.htm">1 Samuel 14:25-27</a>, Jonathan, the son of King Saul, eats honey during a battle, and his eyes are brightened, illustrating its nourishing qualities. The consumption of honey is also mentioned in the context of wisdom and moderation. <a href="/proverbs/24-13.htm">Proverbs 24:13</a> advises, "Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste."<br><br><b>Spiritual and Symbolic Significance</b><br><br>Honey's sweetness is often used metaphorically to describe the pleasantness and desirability of wisdom and God's words. In <a href="/psalms/19-10.htm">Psalm 19:10</a>, the decrees of the Lord are described as "sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb." Similarly, in <a href="/ezekiel/3-3.htm">Ezekiel 3:3</a>, when the prophet eats the scroll containing God's words, it tastes "as sweet as honey" in his mouth, signifying the joy and satisfaction found in divine revelation.<br><br><b>Cautions and Warnings</b><br><br>While honey is generally portrayed positively, the Bible also offers cautionary advice regarding its consumption. <a href="/proverbs/25-16.htm">Proverbs 25:16</a> warns, "If you find honey, eat just enough—lest you have too much and vomit." This serves as a metaphor for moderation and the dangers of overindulgence, applicable to both physical and spiritual appetites.<br><br><b>John the Baptist and Honey</b><br><br>In the New Testament, honey is notably part of John the Baptist's diet. <a href="/matthew/3-4.htm">Matthew 3:4</a> describes John as having a diet of "locusts and wild honey," highlighting his ascetic lifestyle and connection to the wilderness. This diet underscores his role as a prophet living outside the conventional norms of society, relying on the simple and natural provisions of God.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>Throughout the Bible, honey is a multifaceted symbol representing God's provision, the sweetness of His word, and the importance of moderation. Its frequent mention underscores its cultural and spiritual significance in biblical times, serving as a reminder of the richness and abundance found in a life aligned with God's will.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Honey</span><p>The Hebrew <i>debash</i> in the first place applied to the product of the bee, to which exclusively we give the name of honey. All travellers agree in describing Palestine as a land "flowing with milk and honey," (<a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8</a>) bees being abundant even in the remote parts of the wilderness, where they deposit their honey in the crevices of rocks or in hollow trees. In some parts of northern Arabia the hills are so well stocked with bees that no sooner are hives placed than they are occupied. In the second place the term <i>debash</i> applies to a decoction of the juice of the grape, which is still called <i>dibs</i> , and which forms an article of commerce in the East, it was this, and not ordinary bee-honey, which Jacob sent to Joseph, (<a href="/genesis/43-11.htm">Genesis 43:11</a>) and which the Tyrians purchased from Palestine. (<a href="/ezekiel/27-17.htm">Ezekiel 27:17</a>) A third kind has been described by some writers as a "vegetable" honey, by which is meant the exudations of certain trees and shrubs, such as the <i>Tamarix mannifera</i> , found in the peninsula of Sinai, or the stunted oaks of Luristan and Mesopotamia . The honey which Jonathan ate in the wood, (<a href="/1_samuel/14-25.htm">1 Samuel 14:25</a>) and the "wild honey" which supported John the Baptist, (<a href="/matthew/3-42.htm">Matthew 3:42</a>) have been referred to this species. But it was probably the honey of wild bees.<a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Honey</span><p>Was formerly very plentiful in Palestine, and hence the frequent expressions of Scripture which import that that country was a land flowing with milk and honey, Le 20:24. Wild bee honey was often found in hollow trees and clefts in the rocks, De 32:13 <a href="/psalms/81-16.htm">Psalm 81:16</a>; and on this John the Baptist fed, <a href="/matthew/3-4.htm">Matthew 3:4</a>. Honey was highly prized, <a href="/psalms/19-10.htm">Psalm 19:10</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-3.htm">Proverbs 5:3</a> 27:7. Modern travellers observe that it is still very common there, and that the inhabitants mix it in all their sauces. Forskal says the caravans of Mecca bring honey from Arabia to Cairo, and that he has often seen honey flowing in the woods in Arabia. It would seem that this flowing honey is bee honey, and this fact illustrates the story of Jonathan, <a href="/context/1_samuel/14-25.htm">1 Samuel 14:25</a>,27. But there is also a vegetable honey that is very plentiful in the East. Burckhardt, speaking of the productions of the Ghor, or valley of the Jordan, says one of the most interesting productions of this place is the Beyrouk honey, as the Arabs call it. It was described to him as a juice dropping from the leaves and twigs of a tree called Gharrab, of the size of an olive tree, with leaves like those of the popular, but somewhat broader. The honey collects on the leaves like dew, and is gathered from them, or from the ground under the tree. Another vegetable product is referred to in the Bible as honey, <a href="/2_corinthians/13-14.htm">2 <a href="/1_corinthians/13-14.htm">1 Corinthians 13:14</a></a>. It is syrup, prepared by boiling down the juice of dates, etc. That made from grapes is called dibs, and is much used by the Arabs as a condiment with food. It resembles thin molasses, and is pleasant to the taste, <a href="/genesis/43-11.htm">Genesis 43:11</a>. </p><a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div><p>(1.) Hebrews ya'ar, occurs only <a href="/1_samuel/14-25.htm">1 Samuel 14:25</a>, 27, 29; Cant. 5:1, where it denotes the honey of bees. Properly the word signifies a forest or copse, and refers to honey found in woods.<p>(2.) Nopheth, honey that drops (<a href="/psalms/19-10.htm">Psalm 19:10</a>; <a href="/proverbs/5-3.htm">Proverbs 5:3</a>; Cant. 4:11).<p>(3.) Debash denotes bee-honey (<a href="/judges/14-8.htm">Judges 14:8</a>); but also frequently a vegetable honey distilled from trees (<a href="/genesis/43-11.htm">Genesis 43:11</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/27-17.htm">Ezek. 27:17</a>). In these passages it may probably mean "dibs," or syrup of grapes, i.e., the juice of ripe grapes boiled down to one-third of its bulk.<p>(4.) Tsuph, the cells of the honey-comb full of honey (<a href="/proverbs/16-24.htm">Proverbs 16:24</a>; <a href="/psalms/19-10.htm">Psalm 19:10</a>).<p>(5.) "Wild honey" (<a href="/matthew/3-4.htm">Matthew 3:4</a>) may have been the vegetable honey distilled from trees, but rather was honey stored by bees in rocks or in trees (<a href="/deuteronomy/32-13.htm">Deuteronomy 32:13</a>; <a href="/psalms/81-16.htm">Psalm 81:16</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/14-25.htm">1 Samuel 14:25</a>-29).<p>Canaan was a "land flowing with milk and honey" (<a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8</a>). Milk and honey were among the chief dainties in the earlier ages, as they are now among the Bedawin; and butter and honey are also mentioned among articles of food (<a href="/isaiah/7-15.htm">Isaiah 7:15</a>). The ancients used honey instead of sugar (<a href="/psalms/119-103.htm">Psalm 119:103</a>; <a href="/proverbs/24-13.htm">Proverbs 24:13</a>); but when taken in great quantities it caused nausea, a fact referred to in <a href="/proverbs/25-16.htm">Proverbs 25:16</a>, 17 to inculcate moderation in pleasures. Honey and milk also are put for sweet discourse (Cant. 4:11). <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) Sweet one; -- a term of endearment.<p>4. (<I>v. i.</I>) To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.<p>5. (<I>v. t.</I>) To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">HONEY</span><p>hun'-i (debhash; meli): One familiar with life in Palestine will recognize in debhash the Arabic dibs, which is the usual term for a sweet syrup made by boiling down the juice of grapes, raisins, carob beans, or dates. Dibs is seldom, if ever, used as a name for honey (compare Arabic 'asal), whereas in the Old Testament debhash probably had only that meaning. The honey referred to was in most cases wild honey (<a href="/deuteronomy/32-13.htm">Deuteronomy 32:13</a> <a href="/judges/14-8.htm">Judges 14:8, 9</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-25.htm">1 Samuel 14:25, 26, 29, 43</a>), although the offering of honey with the first-fruits would seem to indicate that the bees were also domesticated (<a href="/2_chronicles/31-5.htm">2 Chronicles 31:5</a>). The bees constructed their honeycomb and deposited their honey in holes in the ground (<a href="/1_samuel/14-25.htm">1 Samuel 14:25</a>); under rocks or in crevices between the rocks (<a href="/deuteronomy/32-13.htm">Deuteronomy 32:13</a> <a href="/psalms/81-16.htm">Psalm 81:16</a>). They do the same today. When domesticated they are kept in cylindrical basket hives which are plastered on the outside with mud. The Syrian bee is an especially hardy type and a good honey producer. It is carried to Europe and America for breeding purposes.<br><br>In Old Testament times, as at present, honey was rare enough to be considered a luxury (<a href="/genesis/43-11.htm">Genesis 43:11</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-3.htm">1 Kings 14:3</a>). Honey was used in baking sweets (<a href="/exodus/16-31.htm">Exodus 16:31</a>). It was forbidden to be offered with the meal offering (<a href="/leviticus/2-11.htm">Leviticus 2:11</a>), perhaps because it was fermentable, but was presented with the fruit offering (<a href="/2_chronicles/31-5.htm">2 Chronicles 31:5</a>). Honey was offered to David's army (<a href="/2_samuel/17-29.htm">2 Samuel 17:29</a>). It was sometimes stored in the fields (<a href="/jeremiah/41-8.htm">Jeremiah 41:8</a>). It was also exchanged as merchandise (<a href="/ezekiel/27-17.htm">Ezekiel 27:17</a>). In New Testament times wild honey was an article of food among the lowly (<a href="/matthew/3-4.htm">Matthew 3:4</a> <a href="/mark/1-6.htm">Mark 1:6</a>).<br><br>Figurative: "A land flowing with milk and honey" suggested a land filled with abundance of good things (<a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8, 17</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-24.htm">Leviticus 20:24</a> <a href="/numbers/13-27.htm">Numbers 13:27</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">Deuteronomy 6:3</a> <a href="/joshua/5-6.htm">Joshua 5:6</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-5.htm">Jeremiah 11:5</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Ezekiel 20:6, 15</a>). "A land of olive trees and honey" had the same meaning (<a href="/deuteronomy/8-8.htm">Deuteronomy 8:8</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-32.htm">2 Kings 18:32</a>), and similarly "streams of honey and butter" (<a href="/job/20-17.htm">Job 20:17</a>). Honey was a standard of sweetness (<a href="/songs/4-11.htm">Songs 4:11</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-3.htm">Ezekiel 3:3</a> <a href="/revelation/10-9.htm">Revelation 10:9, 10</a>). It typified sumptuous fare (<a href="/songs/5-1.htm">Songs 5:1</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-15.htm">Isaiah 7:15, 22</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Ezekiel 16:13, 19</a>). The ordinances of Yahweh were "sweeter than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb" (<a href="/psalms/19-10.htm">Psalm 19:10</a>; <a href="/psalms/119-103.htm">Psalm 119:103</a>). "Thou didst eat. honey" (<a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Ezekiel 16:13</a>) expressed Yahweh's goodness to Jerusalem.<br><br>James A. Patch<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3192.htm"><span class="l">3192. meli -- <b>honey</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> 3191, 3192. meli. 3193 . <b>honey</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration:<br> meli Phonetic Spelling: (mel'-ee) Short Definition: <b>honey</b> Definition: <b>honey</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3192.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2781.htm"><span class="l">2781. kerion -- honeycomb.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> honeycomb. Diminutive from keos (wax); a cell for <b>honey</b>, ie (collectively) the comb --<br> (<b>honey</b>-)comb. 2780, 2781. kerion. 2782 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2781.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p><a href="/greek/4608.htm"><span class="l">4608. sikera -- fermented liquor</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 7941, "alcoholic drink") -- any fermented, intoxicating drink (sometimes made from<br> grapes); "strong drink, fermented from fruits, grain, dates or <b>honey</b>, ie not <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4608.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3193.htm"><span class="l">3193. melissios -- made by bees.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin from melissa (a bee) Definition made by bees. honeycomb. From meli;<br> relating to <b>honey</b>, ie Bee (comb) -- honeycomb. see GREEK meli. 3192, 3193. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3193.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5317.htm"><span class="l">5317. nopheth -- flowing <b>honey</b>, <b>honey</b> from the comb</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5316, 5317. nopheth. 5318 . flowing <b>honey</b>, <b>honey</b> from the comb. Transliteration:<br> nopheth Phonetic Spelling: (no'-feth) Short Definition: <b>honey</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5317.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1706.htm"><span class="l">1706. debash -- <b>honey</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 1705, 1706. debash. 1707 . <b>honey</b>. Transliteration: debash Phonetic Spelling:<br> (deb-ash') Short Definition: <b>honey</b>. Word Origin from <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1706.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6688.htm"><span class="l">6688. tsuph -- (<b>honey</b>) comb</span></a><br><b>...</b> (<b>honey</b>) comb. Transliteration: tsuph Phonetic Spelling: (tsoof) Short Definition:<br> honeycomb. <b>...</b> honeycomb. From tsuwph; comb of <b>honey</b> (from dripping) -- honeycomb. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6688.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3295.htm"><span class="l">3295. yarah -- honeycomb</span></a><br><b>...</b> of yaar Definition honeycomb NASB Word Usage honeycomb* (1). <b>honey</b> comb, forest.<br> Feminine of ya'ar, and meaning the same -- (<b>honey</b>-) comb, forest. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3295.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3293.htm"><span class="l">3293. ya'ar -- wood, forest, thicket</span></a><br><b>...</b> From an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure; a copse of bushes;<br> hence, a forest; hence, <b>honey</b> in the comb (as hived in trees) -- (<b>honey</b>-)comb <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3293.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6689.htm"><span class="l">6689. Tsuph -- ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel</span></a><br><b>...</b> Or Tsowphay {tso-fah'-ee}; or Tsiyph {tseef}; from tsuwph; <b>honey</b>-comb; Tsuph or<br> Tsophai or Tsiph, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine -- Zophai <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6689.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_37_1891/honey_in_the_mouth.htm"><span class="l">"<b>Honey</b> in the Mouth!"</span></a> <br><b>...</b> "<b>Honey</b> in the Mouth!". A Sermon (No.2213). Intended for Reading on Lord's-Day, July<br> 19th, 1891,. Delivered on Friday Morning, April 24th, 1891, by. CH SPURGEON, <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/honey in the mouth.htm</font><p><a href="/library/guyon/song_of_songs_of_solomon/11_thy_lips_o_my.htm"><span class="l">Thy Lips, O My Spouse, Drop as the Honeycomb; <b>Honey</b> and Milk are <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER IV. 11. Thy lips, O my Spouse, drop as the honeycomb; <b>honey</b> and milk are<br> under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/song of songs of solomon/11 thy lips o my.htm</font><p><a href="/library/arnobius/the_seven_books_of_arnobius_against_the_heathen/10_but_if_you_urge.htm"><span class="l">But if You Urge that Bones, Different Kinds of <b>Honey</b>...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book IV. 10 But if you urge that bones, different kinds of <b>honey</b>? But if<br> you urge that bones, different kinds of <b>honey</b>, thresholds <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/10 but if you urge.htm</font><p><a href="/library/schaff/the_seven_ecumenical_councils/canon_lvii_it_is_not.htm"><span class="l">It is not Right to Offer <b>Honey</b> and Milk on the Altar. ...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> It is not right to offer <b>honey</b> and milk on the altar.? It is not right to offer<br> <b>honey</b> and milk on the altar. <b>...</b> No one should offer <b>honey</b> or milk at the altar. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon lvii it is not.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pastor/the_pastor_books_first_second_third/commandment_fifth_of_sadness_of.htm"><span class="l">Commandment Fifth. Of Sadness of Heart, and of Patience.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> [183] For if an exceedingly small piece of wormwood be taken and put into a jar<br> of <b>honey</b>, is not the <b>honey</b> entirely destroyed, and does not the exceedingly <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../pastor/the pastor books first second third/commandment fifth of sadness of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/francis/treatise_on_the_love_of_god/chapter_vi_that_contemplation_is.htm"><span class="l">That Contemplation is Made Without Labour, which is the Third <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> [285] Ah! How sweet are thy words to my palate, more than <b>honey</b> to my mouth; [286]<br> or with S. Thomas: My Lord and my God; and with S. Magdalen: "Rabboni, Ah! <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter vi that contemplation is.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/writings_in_connection_with_the_manichaean_controversy_/faustus_rejects_the_old_testament.htm"><span class="l">Faustus Rejects the Old Testament Because it Leaves no Room for <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> If it contains wine, it should be filled up with wine, <b>honey</b> with <b>honey</b>,<br> vinegar with vinegar. For to pour gall on <b>honey</b>, or water <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../faustus rejects the old testament.htm</font><p><a href="/library/barnabas/the_epistle_of_barnabas_/chapter_vi_the_sufferings_of_christ.htm"><span class="l">The Sufferings of Christ, and the New Covenant, were Announced by <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Enter into the good land which the Lord swore [to give] to Abraham, and Isaac, and<br> Jacob, and inherit ye it, a land flowing with milk and <b>honey</b>." [1506] What <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../barnabas/the epistle of barnabas /chapter vi the sufferings of christ.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/exposition_on_the_book_of_psalms/psalm_xix.htm"><span class="l">Psalm XIX.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> "And sweeter than <b>honey</b> and the <b>honey</b> comb." And whether one be even now <b>honey</b>,<br> who, disenthralled already from the chains of this life, is awaiting the day <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm xix.htm</font><p><a href="/library/singh/at_the_masters_feet/section_iii_1_to_pray.htm"><span class="l">1 to Pray is as it were to be on Speaking Terms with Me...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 4. Just as the bee collects the sweet juice of the flowers and turns it into <b>honey</b><br> without injuring their colour or fragrance, so the man of prayer gathers <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/singh/at the masters feet/section iii 1 to pray.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/h/honey.htm"><span class="l"><b>Honey</b> (62 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5:1, where it denotes the <b>honey</b> of bees. Properly the word signifies a forest<br> or copse, and refers to <b>honey</b> found in woods. (2.) Nopheth <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/honey.htm - 34k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/honey-comb.htm"><span class="l"><b>Honey</b>-comb (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>Honey</b>-comb. Honeycomb, <b>Honey</b>-comb. Honeyed . Multi-Version Concordance<br><b>Honey</b>-comb (9 Occurrences). Luke 24:42 And they <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/honey-comb.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/floweth.htm"><span class="l">Floweth (16 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Leviticus 20:24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will<br> give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and <b>honey</b>: I am <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/floweth.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/honeycomb.htm"><span class="l">Honeycomb (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (n.) A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold<br> their <b>honey</b> and their eggs. <b>...</b><b>Honey</b> and milk are under your tongue. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/honeycomb.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bee.htm"><span class="l">Bee (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Samson found a "swarm of bees" in the carcass of a lion he had slain (Judges<br> 14:8). Wild bees are described as laying up <b>honey</b> in woods and in clefts of rocks <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bee.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/dropping.htm"><span class="l">Dropping (33 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> a "distilling" or "dripping" of a fluid (Judges 5:4 Proverbs 3:20 Songs 5:5, 13<br> Joel 3:18 Amos 9:13; compare 1 Samuel 14:26, "the <b>honey</b> dropped" (margin "a <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/dropping.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tasted.htm"><span class="l">Tasted (18 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> up. It was as sweet as <b>honey</b> in my mouth. <b>...</b> land. Please look how my eyes have<br> been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this <b>honey</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tasted.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/butter.htm"><span class="l">Butter (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Samuel 17:29 and <b>honey</b>, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David,<br> and for the people who were with him, to eat: for they said, "The people <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/butter.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/curd.htm"><span class="l">Curd (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Samuel 17:29 and <b>honey</b>, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David,<br> and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/curd.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/comb.htm"><span class="l">Comb (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 11. (n.) The curling crest of a wave. 12. (n.) The waxen framework forming the walls<br> of the cells in which bees store their <b>honey</b>, eggs, etc.; honeycomb. 13. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/comb.htm - 8k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Israel-milk-honey.html">Why was Israel called the land of milk and honey? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/biblical-symbolism.html">How can I recognize and understand biblical symbolism? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Joshua-and-Caleb.html">What is the story of Joshua and Caleb in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/honey.htm">Honey: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Honey (62 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/3-4.htm">Matthew 3:4</a></span><br />Now John himself wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild <span class="boldtext">honey</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/1-6.htm">Mark 1:6</a></span><br />John was clothed with camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild <span class="boldtext">honey</span>. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/10-9.htm">Revelation 10:9</a></span><br />I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. He said to me, "Take it, and eat it up. It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as <span class="boldtext">honey</span>."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/10-10.htm">Revelation 10:10</a></span><br />I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up. It was as sweet as <span class="boldtext">honey</span> in my mouth. When I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/43-11.htm">Genesis 43:11</a></span><br />Their father, Israel, said to them, "If it must be so, then do this. Take from the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry down a present for the man, a little balm, a little <span class="boldtext">honey</span>, spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8</a></span><br />I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Exodus 3:17</a></span><br />and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>."'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Exodus 13:5</a></span><br />It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>, that you shall keep this service in this month.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/16-31.htm">Exodus 16:31</a></span><br />The house of Israel called its name Manna, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with <span class="boldtext">honey</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/30-23.htm">Exodus 30:23</a></span><br />And thou, take to thyself principal spices, wild <span class="boldtext">honey</span> five hundred 'shekels'; and spice-cinnamon, the half of that, two hundred and fifty; and spice-cane two hundred and fifty;<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/33-3.htm">Exodus 33:3</a></span><br />to a land flowing with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>: for I will not go up in the midst of you, for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you in the way."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/2-11.htm">Leviticus 2:11</a></span><br />"'No meal offering, which you shall offer to Yahweh, shall be made with yeast; for you shall burn no yeast, nor any <span class="boldtext">honey</span>, as an offering made by fire to Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/20-24.htm">Leviticus 20:24</a></span><br />But I have said to you, "You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>." I am Yahweh your God, who has separated you from the peoples.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/13-27.htm">Numbers 13:27</a></span><br />They told him, and said, "We came to the land where you sent us; and surely it flows with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>; and this is its fruit.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/14-8.htm">Numbers 14:8</a></span><br />If Yahweh delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us; a land which flows with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/16-13.htm">Numbers 16:13</a></span><br />is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>, to kill us in the wilderness, but you must also make yourself a prince over us?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/16-14.htm">Numbers 16:14</a></span><br />Moreover you haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: will you put out the eyes of these men? We won't come up."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">Deuteronomy 6:3</a></span><br />Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-8.htm">Deuteronomy 8:8</a></span><br />a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-9.htm">Deuteronomy 11:9</a></span><br />and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give to them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/26-9.htm">Deuteronomy 26:9</a></span><br />and he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/26-15.htm">Deuteronomy 26:15</a></span><br />Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the ground which you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-3.htm">Deuteronomy 27:3</a></span><br />and you shall write on them all the words of this law, when you have passed over; that you may go in to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-20.htm">Deuteronomy 31:20</a></span><br />For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat; then will they turn to other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-13.htm">Deuteronomy 32:13</a></span><br />He made him ride on the high places of the earth. He ate the increase of the field. He caused him to suck <span class="boldtext">honey</span> out of the rock, oil out of the flinty rock;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/5-6.htm">Joshua 5:6</a></span><br />For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, even the men of war who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh. Yahweh swore to them that he wouldn't let them see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/14-8.htm">Judges 14:8</a></span><br />After a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/14-9.htm">Judges 14:9</a></span><br />He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave to them, and they ate: but he didn't tell them that he had taken the <span class="boldtext">honey</span> out of the body of the lion.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/14-18.htm">Judges 14:18</a></span><br />The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, "What is sweeter than <span class="boldtext">honey</span>? What is stronger than a lion?" He said to them, "If you hadn't plowed with my heifer, you wouldn't have found out my riddle."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-25.htm">1 Samuel 14:25</a></span><br />All the people came into the forest; and there was <span class="boldtext">honey</span> on the ground. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-26.htm">1 Samuel 14:26</a></span><br />When the people were come to the forest, behold, the <span class="boldtext">honey</span> dropped: but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-27.htm">1 Samuel 14:27</a></span><br />But Jonathan didn't hear when his father commanded the people with the oath: therefore he put forth the end of the rod who was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-29.htm">1 Samuel 14:29</a></span><br />Then Jonathan said, "My father has troubled the land. Please look how my eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this <span class="boldtext">honey</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-43.htm">1 Samuel 14:43</a></span><br />Then Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done!" Jonathan told him, and said, "I certainly did taste a little <span class="boldtext">honey</span> with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and behold, I must die."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/17-29.htm">2 Samuel 17:29</a></span><br />and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat: for they said, "The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/14-3.htm">1 Kings 14:3</a></span><br />Take with you ten loaves, and cakes, and a jar of <span class="boldtext">honey</span>, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the child."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/18-32.htm">2 Kings 18:32</a></span><br />until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and of <span class="boldtext">honey</span>, that you may live, and not die. Don't listen to Hezekiah, when he persuades you, saying, "Yahweh will deliver us."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-5.htm">2 Chronicles 31:5</a></span><br />As soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, and oil, and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/20-17.htm">Job 20:17</a></span><br />He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of <span class="boldtext">honey</span> and butter.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/19-10.htm">Psalms 19:10</a></span><br />More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than <span class="boldtext">honey</span> and the extract of the honeycomb.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/55-21.htm">Psalms 55:21</a></span><br />Sweeter than <span class="boldtext">honey</span> hath been his mouth, And his heart 'is' war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they 'are' drawn 'swords'.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/81-16.htm">Psalms 81:16</a></span><br />But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with <span class="boldtext">honey</span> out of the rock." <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/119-103.htm">Psalms 119:103</a></span><br />How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than <span class="boldtext">honey</span> to my mouth!<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/5-3.htm">Proverbs 5:3</a></span><br />For the lips of an adulteress drip <span class="boldtext">honey</span>. Her mouth is smoother than oil,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/16-24.htm">Proverbs 16:24</a></span><br />Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/24-13.htm">Proverbs 24:13</a></span><br />My son, eat <span class="boldtext">honey</span>, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/25-16.htm">Proverbs 25:16</a></span><br />Have you found <span class="boldtext">honey</span>? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/25-27.htm">Proverbs 25:27</a></span><br />It is not good to eat much <span class="boldtext">honey</span>; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/27-7.htm">Proverbs 27:7</a></span><br />A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/songs/4-11.htm">Song of Songs 4:11</a></span><br />Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/songs/5-1.htm">Song of Songs 5:1</a></span><br />I have come into 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. Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/7-15.htm">Isaiah 7:15</a></span><br />He shall eat butter and <span class="boldtext">honey</span> when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/7-22.htm">Isaiah 7:22</a></span><br />and it shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter: for everyone will eat butter and <span class="boldtext">honey</span> that is left in the midst of the land.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/11-5.htm">Jeremiah 11:5</a></span><br />that I may establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>, as at this day. Then answered I, and said, Amen, Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-22.htm">Jeremiah 32:22</a></span><br />and gave them this land, which you swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/41-8.htm">Jeremiah 41:8</a></span><br />But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, Don't kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of <span class="boldtext">honey</span>. So he stopped, and didn't kill them among their brothers.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-3.htm">Ezekiel 3:3</a></span><br />He said to me, Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and fill your bowels with this scroll that I give you. Then I ate it; and it was as sweet as <span class="boldtext">honey</span> in my mouth.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Ezekiel 16:13</a></span><br />Thus you were decked with gold and silver; and your clothing was of fine linen, and silk, and embroidered work; you ate fine flour, and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>, and oil; and you were exceeding beautiful, and you prospered to royal estate.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Ezekiel 16:19</a></span><br />My bread also which I gave you, fine flour, and oil, and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>, with which I fed you, you even set it before them for a pleasant aroma; and thus it was, says the Lord Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Ezekiel 20:6</a></span><br />in that day I swore to them, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>, which is the glory of all lands.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15</a></span><br />Moreover also I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>, which is the glory of all lands;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-17.htm">Ezekiel 27:17</a></span><br />Judah, and the land of Israel, they were your traffickers: they traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, and confections, and <span class="boldtext">honey</span>, and oil, and balm.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/h/honey.htm">Honey</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey_in_the_honeycomb_sweetest_and_most_valuable.htm">Honey in the Honeycomb Sweetest and Most Valuable</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey_was_eaten_with_butter.htm">Honey was Eaten with Butter</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey_was_eaten_with_locusts.htm">Honey was Eaten with Locusts</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey_was_eaten_with_milk.htm">Honey was Eaten with Milk</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey_was_eaten_with_the_honeycomb.htm">Honey was Eaten with the Honeycomb</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey_was_eaten--mixed_with_flour.htm">Honey was Eaten: Mixed With Flour</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey_was_eaten--plain.htm">Honey was Eaten: Plain</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--abounded_in_assyria.htm">Honey: Abounded in Assyria</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--abounded_in_canaan.htm">Honey: Abounded in Canaan</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--abounded_in_egypt.htm">Honey: Abounded in Egypt</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/h/honey--abundant_in_assyria.htm">Honey: Abundant in Assyria</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/h/honey--an_article_of_merchandise_from_palestine.htm">Honey: An Article of Merchandise from Palestine</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--esteemed_a_wholesome_food.htm">Honey: Esteemed a Wholesome Food</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--exported_from_canaan.htm">Honey: Exported from Canaan</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--first_fruits_of,_offered_to_god.htm">Honey: First Fruits of, offered to God</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--found_in_carcases_of_dead_animals.htm">Honey: Found in Carcases of Dead Animals</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/h/honey--found_in_rocks.htm">Honey: Found in Rocks</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--found_in_woods.htm">Honey: Found in Woods</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/h/honey--found_upon_the_ground.htm">Honey: Found Upon the Ground</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--gathered_and_prepared_by_bees.htm">Honey: Gathered and Prepared by Bees</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/h/honey--general_scriptures_concerning.htm">Honey: General Scriptures Concerning</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--god_the_giver_of.htm">Honey: God the Giver of</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--holy_speech_of_saints.htm">Honey: Holy Speech of Saints</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--lips_of_a_strange_woman.htm">Honey: Lips of a Strange Woman</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--loathed_by_those_who_are_full.htm">Honey: Loathed by Those Who are Full</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--moderation_needful_in_the_use_of.htm">Honey: Moderation Needful in the Use of</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--not_to_be_offered_with_any_sacrifice.htm">Honey: Not to be offered With Any Sacrifice</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/h/honey--not_to_be_offered_with_sacrifices.htm">Honey: Not to be offered With Sacrifices</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--often_sent_as_a_present.htm">Honey: Often Sent As a Present</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--pleasant_words.htm">Honey: Pleasant Words</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/h/honey--plentiful_in_palestine.htm">Honey: Plentiful in Palestine</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/h/honey--samson's_riddle_concerning.htm">Honey: Samson's Riddle Concerning</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/h/honey--sent_as_a_present_by_jacob_to_egypt.htm">Honey: Sent As a Present by Jacob to Egypt</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--sweetness_of.htm">Honey: Sweetness of</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--the_word_of_god.htm">Honey: The Word of God</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/h/honey--wisdom.htm">Honey: Wisdom</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/honey-comb.htm">Honey-comb (9 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/floweth.htm">Floweth (16 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/honeycomb.htm">Honeycomb (9 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bee.htm">Bee (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/dropping.htm">Dropping (33 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/tasted.htm">Tasted (18 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a 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