Judges 14:9

Modern English Version

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.

Cross References

Proverbs 24:13

My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the honeycomb which is sweet to your taste.

Proverbs 25:15

With patience is a prince persuaded, and a gentle tongue will break a bone.

Judges 14:10

Then his father went down to the woman. Samson put on a feast there, for this is what young men would do.

Judges 14:8

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.

1 Samuel 10:16

Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the donkeys were found.” But the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel had spoken, he did not mention.

1 Samuel 14:1

A day came that Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, and let us cross over to the Philistine garrison which is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.