Psalms 81:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 32:13-14 : 13 He enabled him to travel over the high terrain of the land, and he ate of the produce of the fields. He provided honey for him from the cliffs, and olive oil from the hardest of rocks, 14 butter from the herd and milk from the flock, along with the fat of lambs, rams and goats of Bashan, along with the best of the kernels of wheat; and from the juice of grapes you drank wine.
  • Ps 147:14 : 14 He brings peace to your territory. He abundantly provides for you the best grain.
  • Job 29:6 : 6 when my steps were bathed with butter and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil!
  • Joel 2:24 : 24 The threshing floors are full of grain; the vats overflow with fresh wine and olive oil.
  • Judg 14:8-9 : 8 Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to see the lion’s remains. He saw a swarm of bees in the lion’s carcass, as well as some honey. 9 He scooped it up with his hands and ate it as he walked along. When he returned to his father and mother, he offered them some and they ate it. But he did not tell them he had scooped the honey out of the lion’s carcass.
  • Judg 14:18 : 18 On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him,“What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?”He said to them,“If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”
  • 1 Sam 14:25-26 : 25 Now the whole army entered the forest and there was honey on the ground. 26 When the army entered the forest, they saw the honey flowing, but no one ate any of it, for the army was afraid of the oath.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 32:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13He enabled him to travel over the high terrain of the land, and he ate of the produce of the fields. He provided honey for him from the cliffs, and olive oil from the hardest of rocks,

    14butter from the herd and milk from the flock, along with the fat of lambs, rams and goats of Bashan, along with the best of the kernels of wheat; and from the juice of grapes you drank wine.

  • Ps 81:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14Then I would quickly subdue their enemies, and attack their adversaries.”

    15(May those who hate the LORD cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!)

  • Ps 80:5
    70%

    5You have given them tears as food; you have made them drink tears by the measure.

  • Ezek 16:19
    70%

    19As for my food that I gave you– the fine flour, olive oil, and honey I fed you– you placed it before them as a soothing aroma. That is exactly what happened, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Ps 78:72
    70%

    72David cared for them with pure motives; he led them with skill.

  • 2 Sam 17:29
    70%

    29honey, curds, flocks, and cheese. For they said,“The people are no doubt hungry, tired, and thirsty there in the desert.”

  • Ps 78:28-30
    3 verses
    70%

    28He caused them to fall right in the middle of their camp, all around their homes.

    29They ate until they were beyond full; he gave them what they desired.

    30They were not yet filled up, their food was still in their mouths,

  • Ps 132:15
    69%

    15I will abundantly supply what she needs; I will give her poor all the food they need.

  • Neh 9:15
    69%

    15You provided bread from heaven for them in their time of hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their time of thirst. You told them to enter in order to possess the land that you had sworn to give them.

  • Ps 36:8
    69%

    8They are filled with food from your house, and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.

  • Ps 78:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15He broke open rocks in the wilderness, and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea.

    16He caused streams to flow from the rock, and made the water flow like rivers.

  • Deut 8:16
    69%

    16fed you in the wilderness with manna(which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you and eventually bring good to you.

  • Ps 78:24-25
    2 verses
    68%

    24He rained down manna for them to eat; he gave them the grain of heaven.

    25Man ate the food of the mighty ones. He sent them more than enough to eat.

  • Ps 78:20
    68%

    20Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?”

  • Ps 105:40
    68%

    40They asked for food, and he sent quails; he satisfied them with food from the sky.

  • Isa 33:16
    68%

    16This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.

  • Ps 107:9
    67%

    9For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.

  • Ps 147:14
    67%

    14He brings peace to your territory. He abundantly provides for you the best grain.

  • Mic 7:14
    67%

    14Shepherd your people with your rod, the flock that belongs to you, the one that lives alone in a thicket, in the midst of a pastureland. Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead, as they did in the old days.

  • Prov 24:13
    67%

    13Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

  • Job 36:16
    67%

    16And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food.

  • Ps 91:16
    67%

    16I will satisfy him with long life, and will let him see my salvation.

  • Isa 48:21
    67%

    21They do not thirst as he leads them through dry regions; he makes water flow out of a rock for them; he splits open a rock and water flows out.’

  • Ps 22:26
    67%

    26Let the oppressed eat and be filled! Let those who seek his help praise the LORD! May you live forever!

  • Ps 119:103
    66%

    103Your words are sweeter in my mouth than honey!

  • Isa 57:6
    66%

    6Among the smooth stones of the stream are the idols you love; they, they are the object of your devotion. You pour out liquid offerings to them, you make an offering. Because of these things how can I relent from judgment?

  • Ps 63:5
    66%

    5As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,

  • Ps 141:6
    66%

    6They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

  • Ps 28:9
    66%

    9Deliver your people! Empower the nation that belongs to you! Care for them like a shepherd and carry them in your arms at all times!

  • Ps 51:19
    66%

    19Then you will accept the proper sacrifices, burnt sacrifices and whole offerings; then bulls will be sacrificed on your altar.

  • Neh 9:20
    66%

    20You imparted your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths; you provided water for their thirst.

  • Num 14:8
    66%

    8If the LORD delights in us, then he will bring us into this land and give it to us– a land that is flowing with milk and honey.

  • Deut 11:15
    66%

    15I will provide pasture for your livestock and you will eat your fill.”

  • Hos 13:6
    65%

    6When they were fed, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; as a result, they forgot me!

  • Ps 19:10
    65%

    10They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.

  • Num 18:12
    65%

    12“All the best of the olive oil and all the best of the wine and of the wheat, the first fruits of these things that they give to the LORD, I have given to you.

  • Jer 32:22
    65%

    22You kept the promise that you swore on oath to their ancestors. You gave them a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Deut 31:20
    65%

    20For after I have brought them to the land I promised to their ancestors– one flowing with milk and honey– and they eat their fill and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and worship them; they will reject me and break my covenant.

  • Isa 58:14
    65%

    14Then you will find joy in your relationship to the LORD, and I will give you great prosperity, and cause crops to grow on the land I gave to your ancestor Jacob.” Know for certain that the LORD has spoken.

  • Ps 50:13
    65%

    13Do I eat the flesh of bulls? Do I drink the blood of goats?

  • Prov 25:16
    65%

    16You have found honey–eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.

  • Job 22:7
    65%

    7You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.

  • Ps 103:5
    65%

    5who satisfies your life with good things, so your youth is renewed like an eagle’s.

  • 2 Kgs 18:32
    65%

    32until I come and take you to a land just like your own– a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil and honey. Then you will live and not die. Don’t listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says,“The LORD will rescue us.”