Revelation 10:10

New International Version

I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour.

Cross References

Psalm 104:34

May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the Lord.

Psalm 119:103

How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Psalm 19:10

They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb.

Proverbs 16:24

Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Ezekiel 2:10

which he unrolled before me. On both sides of it were written words of lament and mourning and woe.

Ezekiel 3:14

The Spirit then lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the Lord on me.

Ezekiel 3:3

Then he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.

Revelation 10:11

Then I was told, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.”

Revelation 10:9

So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but ‘in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.’”