1 Samuel 14:25

Good News Translation

They all came into a wooded area and found honey everywhere.

Cross References

Exodus 3:8

and so I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians and to bring them out of Egypt to a spacious land, one which is rich and fertile and in which the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites now live.

Proverbs 25:16

Never eat more honey than you need; too much may make you vomit.

Numbers 13:27

They told Moses, “We explored the land and found it to be rich and fertile; and here is some of its fruit.

Deuteronomy 9:28

Otherwise, the Egyptians will say that you were unable to take your people into the land that you had promised them. They will say that you took your people out into the desert to kill them, because you hated them.

Judges 14:9

He scraped the honey out into his hands and ate it as he walked along. Then he went to his father and mother and gave them some. They ate it, but Samson did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the dead body of a lion.

1 Samuel 14:24

The Israelites were weak with hunger that day, because Saul, with a solemn oath, had given the order: “A curse be on anyone who eats any food today before I take revenge on my enemies.” So nobody had eaten anything all day.

1 Samuel 14:26

The woods were full of honey, but no one ate any of it because they were all afraid of Saul's curse.