Honey

Butter and honey he doth eat, When he knoweth to refuse evil, and to fix on good.

Eat my son, honey that <FI>is<Fi> good, And the honeycomb--sweet to thy palate.

Sayings of pleasantness <FI>are<Fi> a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour--honour.

And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.

He causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And <FI>with<Fi> honey from a rock I satisfy thee!

and I go down to deliver it out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to cause it to go up out of the land, unto a land good and broad, unto a land flowing with milk and honey--unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.

Judah and the land of Israel--they <FI>are<Fi> thy merchants, For wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, And honey, and oil, and balm, They have given out thy merchandise.

Thy lips drop honey, O spouse, Honey and milk <FI>are<Fi> under thy tongue, And the fragrance of thy garments <FI>Is<Fi> as the fragrance of Lebanon.

Honey thou hast found--eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated <FI>with<Fi> it, and hast vomited it.

They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb.

The law of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> stedfast, Making wise the simple, — read the full passage →

In that day I did lift up My hand to them, To bring them forth from the land of Egypt, Unto a land that I spied out for them, Flowing with milk and honey, A beauty it <FI>is<Fi> to all the lands,

and the house of Israel call its name Manna, and it <FI>is<Fi> as coriander seed, white; and its taste <FI>is<Fi> as a cake with honey.

And all <FI>they of<Fi> the land have come into a forest, and there is honey on the face of the field;

and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, have brought nigh for David, and for the people who <FI>are<Fi> with him to eat, for they said, `Thy people <FI>is<Fi> hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.'

And He saith unto me, `Son of man, that which thou findest eat, eat this roll, and go, speak unto the house of Israel.' — read the full passage →

and I say to you, Ye--ye do possess their ground, and I--I give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God, who hath separated you from the peoples.

No present which ye bring near to Jehovah is made fermented, for with any leaven or any honey ye perfume no fire-offering to Jehovah.

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil <FI>is<Fi> her mouth,

and at the spreading forth of the thing have the sons of Israel multiplied the first-fruit of corn, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field, and the tithe of the whole in abundance they have brought in.

till my coming in, and I have taken you unto a land like your own land, a land of corn and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive, and honey, and live, and die not; and do not hearken unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, Jehovah doth deliver us.

and he turneth back after <FI>some<Fi> days to take her, and turneth aside to see the carcase of the lion, and lo, a company of bees <FI>are<Fi> in the body of the lion--and honey.

A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And <FI>to<Fi> a hungry soul every bitter thing <FI>is<Fi> sweet.

He maketh him ride on high places of earth, And he eateth increase of the fields, And He maketh him suck honey from a rock, And oil out of the flint of a rock;

I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!

And Israel their father saith unto them, `If so, now, this do: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds;

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,

And He saith unto me, `Son of man, thy belly thou dost feed, and thy bowels thou dost fill with this roll that I am giving unto thee;' and I eat it, and it is in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

a land of wheat, and barley, and vine, and fig, and pomegranate; a land of oil olive and honey;

And it hath come to pass, From the abundance of the yielding of milk he eateth butter, For butter and honey doth every one eat Who is left in the heart of the land.

And they recount to him, and say, `We came in unto the land whither thou hast sent us, and also it <FI>is<Fi> flowing with milk and honey--and this <FI>is<Fi> its fruit;

And My bread, that I gave to thee, Fine flour, and oil, and honey, that I caused thee to eat. Thou hast even set it before them, For a sweet fragrance--thus it is, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

if Jehovah hath delighted in us, then He hath brought us in unto this land, and hath given it to us, a land which is flowing with milk and honey;

and I went away unto the messenger, saying to him, `Give me the little scroll;' and he saith to me, `Take, and eat it up, and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet--as honey.' — read the full passage →

so that thou dost fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all His statutes and His commands, which I am commanding thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all days of thy life, and so that thy days are prolonged. — read the full passage →

is it little that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to put us to death in a wilderness that thou also certainly makest thyself prince over us?

and thou hast taken in thy hand ten loaves, and crumbs, and a bottle of honey, and hast gone in unto him; he doth declare to thee what becometh of the youth.'

And thou dost put on gold and silver, And thy clothing <FI>is<Fi> fine linen, And figured silk and embroidery, Fine flour, and honey, and oil thou hast eaten, And thou art very very beautiful, And dost go prosperously to the kingdom.

He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter.

And Jonathan saith, `My father hath troubled the land; see, I pray you, that mine eyes have become bright because I tasted a little of this honey.

And the men of the city say to him on the seventh day, before the sun goeth in: --`What <FI>is<Fi> sweeter than honey? And what stronger than a lion?' And he saith to them: `Unless ye had ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.'

`And it hath been, when Jehovah bringeth thee in unto the land of the Canaanite, and of the Hittite, and of the Amorite, and of the Hivite, and of the Jebusite, which He hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou hast done this service in this month.

Eat my son, honey that <FI>is<Fi> good, And the honeycomb--sweet to thy palate. — read the full passage →

and I say, I bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt, unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing <FI>with<Fi> milk and honey.

And also, I, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, Not to bring them in to the land that I had given, Flowing with milk and honey, A beauty it <FI>is<Fi> to all the lands,

In order to establish the oath that I have sworn to your fathers, To give to them a land flowing with milk and honey, as this day. And I answer and say, `Amen, O Jehovah.'

for forty years have the sons of Israel gone in the wilderness, till all the nation of the men of war who are coming out of Egypt, who hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah, to whom Jehovah hath sworn not to show them the land which Jehovah sware to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey, are consumed;

`And thou hast heard, O Israel, and observed to do, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest multiply exceedingly, as Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath spoken to thee, <FI>in<Fi> the land flowing with milk and honey.

unto a land flowing with milk and honey, for I do not go up in thy midst, for thou <FI>art<Fi> a stiff-necked people--lest I consume thee in the way.'

and they gave to him part of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb,

And Jonathan hath not heard of his father's adjuring the people, and putteth forth the end of the rod, which <FI>is<Fi> in his hand, and dippeth it in the honeycomb, and bringeth back his hand unto his mouth--and his eyes see!

And ten men have been found among them, and they say unto Ishmael, `Do not put us to death, for we have things hidden in the field--wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey.' And he forbeareth, and hath not put them to death in the midst of their brethren.

And he taketh it down on to his hands, and goeth on, going and eating; and he goeth unto his father, and unto his mother, and giveth to them, and they eat, and he hath not declared to them that from the body of the lion he took down the honey.

look from Thy holy habitation, from the heavens, and bless Thy people Israel, and the ground which Thou hast given to us, as Thou hast sworn to our fathers--a land flowing <FI>with<Fi> milk and honey.

and so that ye prolong days on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers to give to them and to their seed--a land flowing with milk and honey.

And I took the little scroll out of the hand of the messenger, and did eat it up, and it was in my mouth as honey--sweet, and when I did eat it--my belly was made bitter;

and I went away unto the messenger, saying to him, `Give me the little scroll;' and he saith to me, `Take, and eat it up, and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet--as honey.'

And thou givest to them this land that thou didst swear to their fathers to give to them, a land flowing with milk and honey,

And Saul saith unto Jonathan, `Declare to me, what hast thou done?' and Jonathan declareth to him, and saith, `I certainly tasted with the end of the rod that <FI>is<Fi> in my hand a little honey; lo, I die!'

and the people come in unto the forest, and lo, the honey dropped, and none is moving his hand unto his mouth, for the people feared the oath.

And Samson goeth down to Timnath, and seeth a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines, — read the full passage →

and he turneth back after <FI>some<Fi> days to take her, and turneth aside to see the carcase of the lion, and lo, a company of bees <FI>are<Fi> in the body of the lion--and honey. — read the full passage →

and I bring them in unto the ground which I have sworn to their fathers--flowing with milk and honey, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, and been fat, and have turned unto other gods, and they have served them, and despised Me, and broken My covenant.

and written on them all the words of this law in thy passing over, so that thou goest in unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee--a land flowing with milk and honey, as Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath spoken to thee.

and he bringeth us in unto this place, and giveth to us this land--a land flowing with milk and honey.

Yea, unto a land flowing with milk and honey thou hast not brought us in, nor dost thou give to us an inheritance of field and vineyard; the eyes of these men dost thou pick out? we do not come up.'

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones! — read the full passage →

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

And all <FI>they of<Fi> the land have come into a forest, and there is honey on the face of the field; — read the full passage →

and the Amorite who is dwelling in that hill-country cometh out to meet you, and they pursue you as the bees do, and smite you in Seir--unto Hormah.

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

And it hath come to pass, in that day, Jehovah doth hiss for a fly that <FI>is<Fi> in the extremity of the brooks of Egypt, And for a bee that <FI>is<Fi> in the land of Asshur.

And David saith, `What have I done now? is it not a word?'

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

A Prayer of David. Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, Answer me, for I <FI>am<Fi> poor and needy. — read the full passage →

and he buildeth with the stones an altar, in the name of Jehovah, and maketh a trench, as about the space of two measures of seed, round about the altar.

and the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and he rendeth it as the rending of a kid, and there is nothing in his hand, and he hath not declared to his father and to his mother that which he hath done.

This do: take to yourselves censers, Korah, and all his company,

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

And as to the house of the king of Judah, Hear ye a word of Jehovah; — read the full passage →

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed: -- — read the full passage →

Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah.

They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.

And the men of Israel have been distressed on that day, and Saul adjureth the people, saying, `Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the man who eateth food till the evening, and I have been avenged of mine enemies;' and none of the people hath tasted food.

And there is a certain man of Ramathaim-Zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name <FI>is<Fi> Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, and Ephrathite, — read the full passage →

And Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, taketh both Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, — read the full passage →

`And thou hast declared to thy son in that day, saying, `<FI> It is<Fi> because of what Jehovah did to me, in my going out from Egypt,

He saith also, `I <FI>am<Fi> the God of thy father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob;' and Moses hideth his face, for he is afraid to look towards God. — read the full passage →

for both, if we may live, to the Lord we live; if also we may die, to the Lord we die; both then if we may live, also if we may die, we are the Lord's;

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, come hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and layeth siege against it; — read the full passage →

So <FI>is<Fi> the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.

And king David <FI>is<Fi> old, entering into days, and they cover him with garments, and he hath no heat, — read the full passage →