Revelation 10:10

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So I took the little book from the angel's hand and ate and swallowed it; it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but once I had swallowed it, my stomach was embittered.

Cross References

Psalm 104:34

May my meditation be sweet to Him; as for me, I will rejoice in the Lord.

Psalm 119:103

How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! [Ps. 19:10; Prov. 8:11.]

Psalm 19:10

More to be desired are they than gold, even than much fine gold; they are sweeter also than honey and drippings from the honeycomb.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the mind and healing to the body.

Ezekiel 2:10

And He spread it before me and it was written within and on the back, and written on it were words of lamentation and mourning and woe.

Ezekiel 3:14

So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away [in the vision], and I went in bitterness [of discouragement] in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.

Ezekiel 3:3

And He said to me, Son of man, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it. Then I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

Revelation 10:11

Then they said to me, You are to make a fresh prophecy concerning many peoples and races and nations and languages and kings. [Jer. 1:10.]

Revelation 10:9

So I went up to the angel and asked him to give me the little book. And he said to me, Take it and eat it. It will embitter your stomach, though in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey. [Ezek. 2:8, 9; 3:1-3.]