1 Samuel 14:26

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

When the troops came upon the honeycomb, the honey was dripping out, but they did not put their hands to their mouths, for they feared the oath.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 8:2

Keep the king’s command, and because of your sacred oath

Ecclesiastes 9:2

is vanity, since the same fate comes to all, to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, to the clean and the unclean, to those who sacrifice and those who do not sacrifice. As are the good, so are the sinners; those who swear are like those who shun an oath.

Matthew 3:4

Now John wore clothing of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

1 Samuel 14:25

All the troops came upon a honeycomb, and there was honey on the ground.