22 Bible Verses about Sweetness

How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.

Sayings of pleasantness are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

And he saith to them: 'Out of the eater came forth meat, And out of the strong came forth sweetness;' and they were not able to declare the riddle in three days.

And the fig saith to them, Have I ceased from my sweetness, and my good increase, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?

Why is this to Me? frankincense from Sheba cometh, And the sweet cane from a land afar off, Your burnt-offerings are not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me.

Thou hast not bought for Me with money sweet cane, And with the fat of thy sacrifices hast not filled Me, Only -- thou hast caused Me to serve with thy sins, Thou hast wearied Me with thine iniquities.

When together we sweeten counsel, Into the house of God we walk in company.

And he saith unto me, 'These waters are going forth unto the east circuit, and have gone down unto the desert, and have entered the sea; unto the sea they are brought forth, and the waters have been healed.

And it hath come to pass, every living creature that teemeth, whithersoever the streams come, doth live: and there hath been great abundance of fish, for these waters have come thither, and they are healed; and every thing whither the stream cometh hath lived.

doth the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?

and he crieth unto Jehovah, and Jehovah sheweth him a tree, and he casteth unto the waters, and the waters become sweet. There He hath made for them a statute, and an ordinance, and there He hath tried them,

Its miry and its marshy places -- they are not healed; to salt they have been given up.

A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

And the men of the city say to him on the seventh day, before the sun goeth in: -- 'What is sweeter than honey? And what stronger than a lion?' And he saith to them: 'Unless ye had ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.'

Eat my son, honey that is good, And the honeycomb -- sweet to thy palate. So is the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.

They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb.

And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, thy belly thou dost feed, and thy bowels thou dost fill with this roll that I am giving unto thee;' and I eat it, and it is in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

and I went away unto the messenger, saying to him, 'Give me the little scroll;' and he saith to me, 'Take, and eat it up, and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet -- as honey.'

And I took the little scroll out of the hand of the messenger, and did eat it up, and it was in my mouth as honey -- sweet, and when I did eat it -- my belly was made bitter;

A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, And an abomination to fools is: Turn from evil.

Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled with gravel.

Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,