1 Samuel 14:25

New Century Version

Now the army went into the woods, where there was some honey on the ground.

Cross References

Exodus 3:8

and I have come down to save them from the Egyptians. I will bring them out of that land and lead them to a good land with lots of room—a fertile land. It is the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Proverbs 25:16

If you find honey, don’t eat too much, or it will make you throw up.

Numbers 13:27

They told Moses, “We went to the land where you sent us, and it is a fertile land! Here is some of its fruit.

Deuteronomy 9:28

Otherwise, Egypt will say, ‘It was because the Lord was not able to take his people into the land he promised them, and it was because he hated them that he took them into the desert to kill them.’

Judges 14:9

Samson got some of the honey with his hands and walked along eating it. When he came to his parents, he gave some to them. They ate it, too, but Samson did not tell them he had taken the honey from the body of the dead lion.

1 Samuel 14:24

The men of Israel were miserable that day because Saul had made an oath for all of them. He had said, “No one should eat food before evening and before I finish defeating my enemies. If he does, he will be cursed!” So no Israelite soldier ate food.

1 Samuel 14:26

They came upon some honey, but no one took any because they were afraid of the oath.