Judges 14:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And within a short space after, as he wet thyther againe to take her to wife, he turned out of the way to see the carkasse of the Lion: And beholde, there was a swarme of bees and hony in the carkasse of the Lion.

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  • Gen 29:21 : 21 And Iacob said vnto Laban: geue me my wife that I may lye with her, for my dayes are fulfylled.
  • Matt 1:20 : 20 But whyle he thought these thinges, beholde, the Angell of the Lord appeared vnto hym in a dreame, saying: Ioseph, thou sonne of Dauid, feare not to take vnto thee Marie thy wife, for that which is conceaued in her, is of the holy ghost.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 14:9-11
    3 verses
    87%

    9And he toke therof in his handes, and went eating, and came to his father and mother, and gaue them also, and they did eate: But he tolde not them that he had taken the hony out of the carkasse of the Lion.

    10And so his father went downe vnto the woman, and Samson made there a feast: for so vsed the younge men to do.

    11And whe they sawe him, they brought thirtie companions to be with him.

  • Judg 14:1-7
    7 verses
    80%

    1Samson went downe to Thamnath, and sawe a woma in Thamnath of the daughters of the Philistines:

    2And he came vp, and told his father and his mother, & said: I haue sene a woman in Thamnath of the daughters of the Philistines: & nowe geue me her to wyfe.

    3Then his father and mother sayd vnto him: Is there neuer a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, & among al my people, but that thou must go, and take a wyfe of the vncircumcised Philistines? And Samson sayd vnto his father: Geue me this woman, for she pleaseth me well.

    4But his father and mother wist not that it was the Lordes doyng, and that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines raigned ouer Israel.

    5Then went Samson and his father & his mother downe to Thamnath, and came to the vineyardes of Thamnath: and beholde, a young Lion roared vpon him.

    6And the spirite of the Lord came vpo him, and he tare him as he would haue rent a kydde, and yet had nothing in his hande: neither tolde his father and mother what he had done.

    7And he went downe, & talked with the woman, whiche seemed well fauoured in the sight of Samson.

  • Judg 14:17-20
    4 verses
    74%

    17And Samsons wyfe wept before him seuen dayes, whyle the feast lasted: And the seuenth day he told her, because she lay so sore vpo him. And she tolde the riddle to the children of her folke.

    18And the men of the citie sayd vnto him the seuenth day, before the sunne went downe: What is sweeter then hony? and what is stronger then a Lion? Then sayd he vnto them: Yf ye had not plowed with my heyffer, ye had not founde out my riddle.

    19And the spirite of the Lord came vpon him, and he went downe to Askalon, and slue thirtie men of them, and spoyled them, & gaue chaunge of garmentes vnto them which expounded the riddle: And he was wroth, and went vp to his fathers house.

    20But Samsons wyfe was geuen to one of his companions that he had taken vnto him.

  • 1 Kgs 13:28
    74%

    28And he went, and founde his body cast in the way, and the asse and the lion stoode by the corse, and the lion had not eaten the carcasse, nor hurt the asse.

  • 1 Sam 14:25-27
    3 verses
    74%

    25And al they of the land came to a wood, where honie lay vpon the grounde.

    26And the people came into the wood: And behold, the honie dropped, and no man moued his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oth.

    27But Ionathan hearde not whe his father charged the people with the oth, wherfore he put foorth the ende of the rod that was in his hand, and dipt it in an honie combe, & put his hande to his mouth, and his eyes receaued sight.

  • Judg 15:1-4
    4 verses
    73%

    1But within a while after, euen in the time of wheat haruest, Sason visited his wife with a kyd, saying: I wil go in to my wyfe into the chaumber. But her father woulde not suffer him to go in.

    2And her father sayde, I thought that thou haddest hated her, & therfore gaue I her to thy companion: Is not her younger sister fayrer then she? Take her I pray thee, in steade of the other.

    3Samson sayde vnto hym: Nowe am I more blamelesse then the Philistines, and therfore will I do them displeasure.

    4And Samson went out, and caught three hundred foxes, & toke firebrandes, and turned them tayle to tayle, and put a firebrand in the middes betweene two tayles.

  • Judg 14:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14And he sayd vnto them: Out of the eater came meate, and out of the strong came sweetnesse. And they coulde not in three dayes expounde the riddle.

    15And whe the seuenth day was come, they sayd vnto Samsons wyfe: Flatter thyne husband that he may declare vs the riddle, lest we burne thee and thy fathers house with fire: Haue ye called vs hyther, to make vs beggers? is it not so?

  • 1 Kgs 13:23-26
    4 verses
    72%

    23And so it came to passe that when he had eaten bread, and druncke, he sadled him the asse, to wit, to the prophet who he had brought againe.

    24And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slue him: and his carkasse was cast in the way, & the asse stoode thereby, and the lion stoode by the corse also.

    25And men that passed by sawe the carcasse cast in the way, & the lion standing by the carcasse: and they came and tolde it in the towne where the olde prophet dwelt.

    26And when the prophet that brought him backe againe from the way heard thereof, he sayd: It is the man of God, he was disobedient vnto the word of the Lorde, and therefore the Lord hath deliuered him vnto the lion, which hath rent him, & slaine him according to the word of the Lorde which he spake vnto him.

  • Prov 24:13
    70%

    13My sonne, eate thou hony because it is good, and the hony combe, for it is sweete vnto thy mouth:

  • 1 Sam 14:29
    70%

    29The sayd Ionathan, My father hath troubled the lande: See howe myne eyes hath receaued sight, because I tasted a litle of this honie:

  • Judg 15:15
    69%

    15And he founde a newe iawe bone of an Asse, & put foorth his hande, and caught it, and slue a thousande men therwith.

  • Judg 16:4
    69%

    4And after this, he loued a woman by the ryuer of Sorek, whose name was Dalila.

  • Ezek 19:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5Nowe when she sawe that she had wayted and her hope was lost, she toke another of her whelpes and made a lion of hym.

    6Which went among the lions, and became a fearce lion, learned to catche the pray, and to deuour folke,

  • Judg 16:1
    68%

    1Then went Samson to Azzah, and sawe there an harlot, and went in vnto her.

  • 2 Sam 17:29
    68%

    29Hony, butter, sheepe, & cheese of kyne, for Dauid and for the people that were with him, to eate: For they sayde, The people is hungry, weery, and thirstie, in the wildernesse.

  • Nah 2:12
    68%

    12The lion made his praye aboundauntly for his whelpes, and strangled for his she lions, and hath filled his dennes with pray, and his abyding places with spoyle.

  • 1 Sam 17:34
    67%

    34Dauid aunswered vnto Saul: Thy seruaunt kept his fathers sheepe, & ther came a lion and likewise a beare, and toke a sheepe, out of the flocke:

  • 2 Kgs 2:25
    67%

    25And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he turned againe to Samaria.

  • Ezek 19:3
    67%

    3One of her whelpes she brought vp, and it be came a lion, it learned to catche the pray and to deuour folke.

  • Judg 15:7-8
    2 verses
    67%

    7And Samson said vnto them: Though ye haue done this, yet will I be auenged of you, and then I will ceasse.

    8And he smote them legge and thygh with a myghtie plague, and then he went & dwelt in the toppe of the rocke Etam.

  • Num 14:8
    67%

    8If the Lord haue a loue to vs, he will bryng vs into this lande and geue it vs, whiche is such a lande as floweth with mylke and hony.

  • 2 Kgs 17:25
    67%

    25And it fortuned, that at the beginning of their dwelling there, they feared not the Lorde, and the Lorde sent lions among them, which slue them.

  • Judg 16:20
    67%

    20And she sayde, The Philistines be vp in thee Samson. And he awoke out of his sleepe, and sayde: I will go out now as at other tymes before, & shake my selfe. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from hym.

  • Prov 25:16
    67%

    16If thou findest honie, eate so muche as is sufficient for thee: lest thou be ouer full, and parbreake it out agayne.

  • Judg 16:14
    67%

    14And she fastened it with a pynne, and sayde vnto him: The Philistines be vpo thee Samson. And he awaked out of his sleepe, and went away with the pynne of the webbe and the wooffe.

  • Judg 19:3
    67%

    3And her husbande arose, and went after her, to speake frendly vnto her, and to bryng her agayne, hauyng his lad with him, and a couple of asses: And she brought hym vnto her fathers house, & when the father of the damosell sawe hym, he reioyced of his commyng.

  • 1 Kgs 20:36
    67%

    36Then sayd he vnto him: Because thou hast not hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde: beholde, assoone as thou art departed fro me, a lion shal slay thee. And it came to passe, that assoone as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slue him.