Bible Verses about Honey

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Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff on 09/19/2019

What does the Bible say about Honey? Discover the top Bible verses about Honey from the Old and New Testaments. Read through the biblical references of Honey to learn more about its meaning and significance. May you find some insight from these related scripture quotes!

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Matthew 3:4

4 John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
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Mark 1:6

6 John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
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Revelation 10:9-10

9 So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but ‘in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.’ ”
10 I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour.
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Exodus 3:8

8 So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
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Psalms 81:16

16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
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Genesis 43:11

11 Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift—a little balm and a little honey, some spices and myrrh, some pistachio nuts and almonds.
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Ezekiel 27:17

17 “ ‘Judah and Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith and confections, honey, olive oil and balm for your wares.
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Judges 14:8

8 Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to look at the lion’s carcass, and in it he saw a swarm of bees and some honey.
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Isaiah 7:15

15 He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,
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Deuteronomy 32:13

13 He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him with the fruit of the fields. He nourished him with honey from the rock, and with oil from the flinty crag,
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1 Samuel 14:25

25 The entire army entered the woods, and there was honey on the ground.
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Proverbs 24:13

13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
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Exodus 16:31

31 The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
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Psalms 19:10

10 They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb.
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Leviticus 20:24

24 But I said to you, “You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the nations.
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Proverbs 16:24

24 Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
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Deuteronomy 8:8

8 a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey;
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Psalms 119:103

103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
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Leviticus 2:11

11 “ ‘Every grain offering you bring to the LORD must be made without yeast, for you are not to burn any yeast or honey in a food offering presented to the LORD.
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Ezekiel 20:6

6 On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.
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Proverbs 25:16

16 If you find honey, eat just enough— too much of it, and you will vomit.
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1 Samuel 14:29

29 Jonathan said, “My father has made trouble for the country. See how my eyes brightened when I tasted a little of this honey.
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Ezekiel 16:13

13 So you were adorned with gold and silver; your clothes were of fine linen and costly fabric and embroidered cloth. Your food was honey, olive oil and the finest flour. You became very beautiful and rose to be a queen.
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1 Samuel 14:25-26

25 The entire army entered the woods, and there was honey on the ground.
26 When they went into the woods, they saw the honey oozing out; yet no one put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.
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Song of Songs 5:1

1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk. Eat, friends, and drink; drink your fill of love.
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Proverbs 25:27

27 It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.
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Isaiah 7:22

22 And because of the abundance of the milk they give, there will be curds to eat. All who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.
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1 Kings 14:3

3 Take ten loaves of bread with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”
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Song of Songs 4:11

11 Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
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Ezekiel 16:19

19 Also the food I provided for you—the flour, olive oil and honey I gave you to eat—you offered as fragrant incense before them. That is what happened, declares the Sovereign LORD.
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Proverbs 5:3

3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
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Ezekiel 20:15

15 Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands—
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Exodus 13:5

5 When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites and Jebusites—the land he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you are to observe this ceremony in this month:
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Jeremiah 41:8

8 But ten of them said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us! We have wheat and barley, olive oil and honey, hidden in a field.” So he let them alone and did not kill them with the others.
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1 Samuel 14:27

27 But Jonathan had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath, so he reached out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it into the honeycomb. He raised his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
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Numbers 13:27

27 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit.
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Joshua 5:6

6 The Israelites had moved about in the wilderness forty years until all the men who were of military age when they left Egypt had died, since they had not obeyed the LORD. For the LORD had sworn to them that they would not see the land he had solemnly promised their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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Jeremiah 11:5

5 Then I will fulfill the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey’—the land you possess today.” I answered, “Amen, LORD.”
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Judges 14:18

18 Before sunset on the seventh day the men of the town said to him, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” Samson said to them, “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle.”
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Numbers 16:13

13 Isn’t it enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? And now you also want to lord it over us!
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Proverbs 27:7

7 One who is full loathes honey from the comb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
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Exodus 3:17

17 And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
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Deuteronomy 6:3

3 Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you.
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Proverbs 24:13-14

13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
14 Know also that wisdom is like honey for you: If you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
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Judges 14:8-9

8 Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to look at the lion’s carcass, and in it he saw a swarm of bees and some honey.
9 He scooped out the honey with his hands and ate as he went along. When he rejoined his parents, he gave them some, and they too ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.
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1 Samuel 14:43

43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” So Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey with the end of my staff. And now I must die!”
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Job 20:17

17 He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
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Ezekiel 3:3

3 Then he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.
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Jeremiah 32:22

22 You gave them this land you had sworn to give their ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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Exodus 33:3

3 Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way.”
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