Judges 14:9

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when he had taken it in his hands, he ate it along the way. And arriving to his father and mother, he gave them a portion, and they also ate it. Yet he was not willing to reveal to them that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.

Cross References

Proverbs 24:13

My son, eat honey, because it is good, and the honeycomb, because it is so sweet to your throat.

Proverbs 25:15

By patience, a leader shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness.

Judges 14:10

And so his father went down to the woman, and he made a feast for his son Samson. For so the young men were accustomed to do.

Judges 14:8

And after some days, returning to marry her, he turned aside so that he might see the carcass of the lion. And behold, there was a swarm of bees in the mouth of the lion, with a honeycomb.

1 Samuel 10:16

And Saul said to his uncle, "He told us that the donkeys would be found." But the word about the kingdom, which Samuel had spoken to him, he did not reveal to him.

1 Samuel 14:1

And it happened that, on a certain day, Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the youth who bore his armor, "Come, and let us go over to the garrison of the Philistines, which is across from that place." But he did not reveal this to his father.