Revelation 10:10

New Living Translation

So I took the small scroll from the hand of the angel, and I ate it! It was sweet in my mouth, but when I swallowed it, it turned sour in my stomach.

Cross References

Psalm 104:34

May all my thoughts be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.

Psalm 119:103

How sweet your words taste to me; they are sweeter than honey.

Psalm 19:10

They are more desirable than gold, even the finest gold. They are sweeter than honey, even honey dripping from the comb.

Proverbs 16:24

Kind words are like honey— sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.

Ezekiel 2:10

which he unrolled. And I saw that both sides were covered with funeral songs, words of sorrow, and pronouncements of doom.

Ezekiel 3:14

The Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I went in bitterness and turmoil, but the Lord’s hold on me was strong.

Ezekiel 3:3

“Fill your stomach with this,” he said. And when I ate it, 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 told him to give me the small scroll. “Yes, take it and eat it,” he said. “It will be sweet as honey in your mouth, but it will turn sour in your stomach!”