1 Samuel 14:27

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the troops with the oath, so he extended the staff that was in his hand and dipped the tip of it in the honeycomb and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.

Cross References

Proverbs 24:13

My child, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.

Proverbs 25:26

Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain are the righteous who give way before the wicked.

1 Samuel 14:28

Then one of the soldiers said, “Your father strictly charged the troops with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed be anyone who eats food this day.’ And so the troops are faint.”

1 Samuel 14:29

Then Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land; see how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.

1 Samuel 14:43

Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey with the tip of the staff that was in my hand; here I am; I will die.”

1 Samuel 30:12

they also gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters of raisins. When he had eaten, his spirit revived, for he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights.