28 Bible Verses about Milk

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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,
Curds of cows, and milk of the flock,
With fat of lambs,
And rams, the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the finest of the wheat—
And of the blood of grapes you drank wine.

Genesis 18:8

He took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and placed it before them; and he was standing by them under the tree as they ate.

Judges 4:19

He said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a bottle of milk and gave him a drink; then she covered him.

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.”

Proverbs 27:27

And there will be goats’ milk enough for your food,
For the food of your household,
And sustenance for your maidens.

Ezekiel 25:4

therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the sons of the east for a possession, and they will set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

1 Corinthians 9:7

Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Or who tends a flock and does not use the milk of the flock?

Deuteronomy 6:3

O Israel, you should listen and be careful to do it, that it may be well with you and that you may multiply greatly, just as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

Exodus 3:8

So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

Leviticus 20:24

Hence I have said to you, “You are to possess their land, and I Myself will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God, who has separated you from the peoples.

Numbers 13:27

Thus they told him, and said, “We went in to the land where you sent us; and it certainly does flow with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

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 60:16

“You will also suck the milk of nations
And suck the breast of kings;
Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

Ezekiel 20:6

on that day I swore to them, to bring them out from the land of Egypt into a land that I had selected for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.

Joel 3:18

And in that day
The mountains will drip with sweet wine,
And the hills will flow with milk,
And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water;
And a spring will go out from the house of the Lord
To water the valley of Shittim.

Exodus 23:19

“You shall bring the choice first fruits of your soil into the house of the Lord your God.“You are not to boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.

Exodus 34:26

“You shall bring the very first of the first fruits of your soil into the house of the Lord your God.“You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

Deuteronomy 14:21

“You shall not eat anything which dies of itself. You may give it to the alien who is in your town, so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Hebrews 5:12-13

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant.

Proverbs 30:33

For the churning of milk produces butter,
And pressing the nose brings forth blood;
So the churning of anger produces strife.

Genesis 49:12

“His eyes are dull from wine,
And his teeth white from milk.

Job 10:10

‘Did You not pour me out like milk
And curdle me like cheese;

Lamentations 4:7

Her consecrated ones were purer than snow,
They were whiter than milk;
They were more ruddy in body than corals,
Their polishing was like lapis lazuli.

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Bottles » Used for holding » Milk

Judges 4:19

He said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a bottle of milk and gave him a drink; then she covered him.

Calves » Fed on » Milk

1 Samuel 6:10

Then the men did so, and took two milch cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.

the Diet of the jews » Articles used for » Milk

Proverbs 27:27

And there will be goats’ milk enough for your food,
For the food of your household,
And sustenance for your maidens.

Genesis 49:12

“His eyes are dull from wine,
And his teeth white from milk.

Food » Articles of » Milk

Proverbs 27:27

And there will be goats’ milk enough for your food,
For the food of your household,
And sustenance for your maidens.

Genesis 49:12

“His eyes are dull from wine,
And his teeth white from milk.

Milk » Figuratite

Exodus 3:8

So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

Exodus 3:17

So I said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’

Jeremiah 11:5

in order to confirm the oath which I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.”’” Then I said, “Amen, O Lord.”

Milk » Used for food

1 Corinthians 9:7

Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Or who tends a flock and does not use the milk of the flock?

Judges 4:19

He said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a bottle of milk and gave him a drink; then she covered him.

Song of Songs 5:1

I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride;
I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;
I have drunk my wine and my milk.
Eat, friends;
Drink and imbibe deeply, O lovers.”

Genesis 18:8

He took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and placed it before them; and he was standing by them under the tree as they ate.

Ezekiel 25:4

therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the sons of the east for a possession, and they will set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

Milk » Illustrative of » First principles of God's word

Hebrews 5:12

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.

Milk » Different kinds mentioned » Of cows

1 Samuel 6:7

Now therefore, take and prepare a new cart and two milch cows on which there has never been a yoke; and hitch the cows to the cart and take their calves home, away from them.

Deuteronomy 32:14

Curds of cows, and milk of the flock,
With fat of lambs,
And rams, the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the finest of the wheat—
And of the blood of grapes you drank wine.

Milk » Flocks and herds fed for supply of

Proverbs 27:27

And there will be goats’ milk enough for your food,
For the food of your household,
And sustenance for your maidens.

Milk » Used as food by the jews

Genesis 18:8

He took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and placed it before them; and he was standing by them under the tree as they ate.

Judges 5:25

“He asked for water and she gave him milk;
In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.

Milk » Canaan abounded with

Exodus 3:8

So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

Exodus 3:17

So I said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’

Milk » Illustrative of » Blessings of the gospel

Joel 3:18

And in that day
The mountains will drip with sweet wine,
And the hills will flow with milk,
And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water;
And a spring will go out from the house of the Lord
To water the valley of Shittim.

Milk » Of sheep

Deuteronomy 32:14

Curds of cows, and milk of the flock,
With fat of lambs,
And rams, the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the finest of the wheat—
And of the blood of grapes you drank wine.

Isaiah 7:21-22

Now in that day a man may keep alive a heifer and a pair of sheep; 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.

Milk » Illustrative of » Godly and edifying discourses

Song of Songs 4:11

“Your lips, my bride, drip honey;
Honey and milk are under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

Milk » Of cows

1 Samuel 6:7

Now therefore, take and prepare a new cart and two milch cows on which there has never been a yoke; and hitch the cows to the cart and take their calves home, away from them.

Deuteronomy 32:14

Curds of cows, and milk of the flock,
With fat of lambs,
And rams, the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the finest of the wheat—
And of the blood of grapes you drank wine.

1 Samuel 6:10

Then the men did so, and took two milch cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.

Milk » Illustrative of » Doctrines of the gospel

Song of Songs 5:1

I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride;
I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;
I have drunk my wine and my milk.
Eat, friends;
Drink and imbibe deeply, O lovers.”

Milk » Kid (a baby goat) not to be seethed (boiled) in its own mother's

Deuteronomy 14:21

You shall not eat anything which dies of itself. You may give it to the alien who is in your town, so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Exodus 23:19

“You shall bring the choice first fruits of your soil into the house of the Lord your God.You are not to boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.

Milk » Different kinds mentioned » Of sheep

Deuteronomy 32:14

Curds of cows, and milk of the flock,
With fat of lambs,
And rams, the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the finest of the wheat—
And of the blood of grapes you drank wine.

Milk » Different kinds mentioned » Of sea-monsters

Lamentations 4:3

Even jackals offer the breast,
They nurse their young;
But the daughter of my people has become cruel
Like ostriches in the wilderness.

Milk » An animal secretion, of a white color

Lamentations 4:7

Her consecrated ones were purer than snow,
They were whiter than milk;
They were more ruddy in body than corals,
Their polishing was like lapis lazuli.

Milk » Different kinds mentioned » Of goats

Proverbs 27:27

And there will be goats’ milk enough for your food,
For the food of your household,
And sustenance for your maidens.

Milk » Made into » Butter

Proverbs 30:33

For the churning of milk produces butter,
And pressing the nose brings forth blood;
So the churning of anger produces strife.

Milk » Different kinds mentioned » Of camels

Genesis 32:15

thirty milking camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.

Milk » Illustrative of » Temporal blessings

Genesis 49:12

“His eyes are dull from wine,
And his teeth white from milk.

Milk » Illustrative of » Wealth of the gentiles

Isaiah 60:16

“You will also suck the milk of nations
And suck the breast of kings;
Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

Milk » Young animals not to be seethed in that of the mother

Exodus 23:19

“You shall bring the choice first fruits of your soil into the house of the Lord your God.You are not to boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.

Milk » Kept by the jews in bottles

Judges 4:19

He said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a bottle of milk and gave him a drink; then she covered him.

Milk » Made into » Cheese

Job 10:10

‘Did You not pour me out like milk
And curdle me like cheese;

Milk » Churned

Proverbs 30:33

For the churning of milk produces butter,
And pressing the nose brings forth blood;
So the churning of anger produces strife.

Milk » Of camels

Genesis 32:15

thirty milking camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.

Milk » Of goats

Proverbs 27:27

And there will be goats’ milk enough for your food,
For the food of your household,
And sustenance for your maidens.

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Exodus 3:8

So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

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