There are about 20,000 species of bee and about 8 of those species make honey. The Scriptures have a good bit to say about honey. In Gen 43:11, we read that honey was one of the gifts that Israel's sons carried to Egypt as a gift to the great administrator, Joseph. In Exodus 3 and many passages afterwards, we see the Promised Land as a land of milk and honey. In Judges 14 we read this interesting story of Samson, "7 Then he went down and talked with the woman, and she was right in Samson's eyes.8 After some days he returned to take her. And he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey. 9 He scraped it out into his hands and went on, eating as he went. And he came to his father and mother and gave some to them, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey from the carcass of the lion."
This was the set-up for a riddle that Samson posed about the strong and the sweet, and his wife betrayed the answer to Samson's enemies.
Honey comes up again in 1 Samuel 14:27
"But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath, so he put out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes became bright."
Hmm, there's an interesting effect.
Also,Proverbs 16:24 “Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.” and Proverbs 24:13 “My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.”
There are 60 mentions of Honey in the Scriptures, and heere is the last one I will cite, Proverbs 25:16 “If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.”
But don't forget that John the Baptizer ate honey as part of his diet.
So, learn from the honeybee and learn more from the Holy Scriptures.
Blessings,
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