Job 20:17

A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long

¹⁶ “He sucks the poison of cobras;
The viper’s tongue slays him.
¹⁷ “He does not look at the streams,
The rivers flowing with honey and curds.
¹⁸ “He returns what he has attained
And cannot swallow it;
As to the riches of his trading,
He cannot even enjoy them.

Milk and Honey

Job

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Deuteronomy 32:13-14

“He made him ride on the high places of the earth,
And he ate the produce of the field;
And He made him suck honey from the rock,
And oil from the flinty rock,

Job 29:6

When my steps were bathed in butter,
And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

Numbers 14:23

shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who spurned Me see it.

2 Samuel 17:29

honey, curds, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”

2 Kings 7:2

The royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning answered the man of God and said, “Behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” Then he said, “Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat of it.”

Psalm 36:8-9

They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house;
And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.

Psalm 81:16

“But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat,
And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

Isaiah 7:15

He will eat curds and honey at the time He knows enough to refuse evil and choose good.

Isaiah 7:22

and because of the abundance of the milk produced he will eat curds, for everyone that is left within the land will eat curds and honey.

Isaiah 41:17

“The afflicted and needy are seeking water, but there is none,
And their tongue is parched with thirst;
I, the Lord, will answer them Myself,
As the God of Israel I will not forsake them.

Jeremiah 17:6-8

“For he will be like a bush in the desert
And will not see when prosperity comes,
But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness,
A land of salt without inhabitant.

Luke 16:24

And he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.’

Revelation 22:1

Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb,