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¹⁵He will eat butter and honey, so that he may know to reject evil and to choose good.

¹³My son, eat honey, because it is good, and the honeycomb, because it is so sweet to your throat.

²⁴Careful words are a honeycomb: sweet to the soul and healthful to the bones.

²⁷Just as whoever eats too much honey, it is not good for him, so also whoever is an investigator of what is majestic will be overwhelmed by glory.

⁴Now the same John had a garment made from the hair of camels, and a leather belt around his waist. And his food was locusts and wild honey.

¹⁷And he fed them from the fat of the grain, and he saturated them with honey from the rock.

⁸And knowing their sorrow, I have descended in order to free them from the hands of the Egyptians, and to lead them from that land into a good and spacious land, into a land which flows with milk and honey, to the places of the Canaanite, and Hittite, and Amorite, and Perizzite, and Hivite, and Jebusite.

¹⁰³How sweet is your eloquence to my palate, more so than honey to my mouth!

¹⁷Judah and the land of Israel, these were your peddlers of the best grain; they offered balsam, and honey, and oil, and resins at your festivals.

¹¹Your lips, my spouse, are a dripping honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue. And the fragrance of your garments is like the odor of frankincense.

¹⁶You have discovered honey; eat what is sufficient for you, lest perhaps, being filled up, you may vomit it.

¹¹desirable beyond gold and many precious stones, and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.

⁸The law of the Lord is immaculate, converting souls. The testimony of the Lord is faithful, providing wisdom to little ones. ⁹The justice of the Lord is right, rejoicing hearts. The precepts of the Lord are brilliant, enlightening the eyes. ¹⁰The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring for all generations. The judgments of the Lord are true, justified in themselves: ¹¹desirable beyond gold and many precious stones, and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb. ¹²For, indeed, your servant keeps them, and in keeping them, there are many rewards.

³¹And the house of Israel called its name ‘Manna.’ It was like white coriander seed, and its taste was like wheat flour with honey.

⁶in that day, I lifted up my hand for their sake, so that I would lead them away from the land of Egypt, into a land which I had provided for them, flowing with milk and honey, which was singular among all lands.

²⁵And all the common people went into a forest, in which there was honey on the surface of the field.

²⁹and honey, and butter, sheep and fattened calves. And they gave these to David and to the people who were with him to eat. For they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the desert.

²⁴But I say to you: Possess their land, which I will give to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the Lord your God, who has separated you from the other peoples.

¹And he said to me: “Son of man, eat whatever you will find; eat this scroll, and, going forth, speak to the sons of Israel.” ²And I opened my mouth, and he fed me that scroll. ³And he said to me: “Son of man, your stomach shall eat, and your interior shall be filled with this scroll, which I am giving to you.” And I ate it, and in my mouth it became as sweet as honey.

¹¹Every oblation that is offered to the Lord shall be made without leaven; neither shall any leaven or honey be burned with the sacrifice to the Lord.