Judges 14:9

Tree of Life Version

So he scraped it into his hands and went on, eating as he went. Now when he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it, though he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey from the carcass of the lion.

Cross References

Proverbs 24:13

Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

Proverbs 25:15

Through patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue can break a bone.

Judges 14:10

Then his father went down to the woman, and Samson made a banquet there, for so the young men used to do.

Judges 14:8

After a while he returned to get her, but turned aside to look at the carcass of the lion; and behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion.

1 Samuel 10:16

“He assured us that the donkeys had been found,” Saul said to his uncle. But concerning the matter of kingship about which Samuel spoke, he told him nothing.

1 Samuel 14:1

One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man carrying his armor, “Come, let’s cross over to the Philistines’ garrison that’s on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.