Judges 14:8

Modern English Version

After a while, when he returned to take her, he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion. And behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the carcass of the lion.

Cross References

Genesis 29:21

Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, so that I may have relations with her.”

Proverbs 25:16

Have you found honey? Eat only as much as is sufficient for you, lest you be filled with it and vomit it out.

Matthew 1:20

But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for He who is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

Judges 14:7

So Samson went down and spoke with the woman, and she pleased Samson.

Judges 14:9

He scooped it out into his hands and ate it as he went along. He came to his father and mother and gave some to them, and they also ate. Yet he did not tell them he had scooped the honey out of a lion’s carcass.