Job 20:17
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17 They will not look on the rivers,
the streams flowing with honey and curds.(A)
Deuteronomy 32:13-14
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13 He set him atop the heights of the land
and fed him with[a] produce of the field;
he nursed him with honey from the crags,
with oil from flinty rock,(A)
14 curds from the herd, and milk from the flock,
with fat of lambs and rams,
Bashan bulls and goats,
together with the choicest wheat—
you drank fine wine from the blood of grapes.(B)
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- 32.13 Sam Gk Syr Tg: MT he ate
Luke 16:24
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24 He called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in these flames.’(A)
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Job 29:6
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6 when my steps were washed with milk
and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!(A)
Revelation 22:1
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The River of Life
22 Then the angel[a] showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb(A)
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- 22.1 Gk he
Jeremiah 17:6-8
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6 They shall be like a shrub in the desert
and shall not see when relief comes.
They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness,
in an uninhabited salt land.(A)
7 Blessed are those who trust in the Lord,
whose trust is the Lord.(B)
8 They shall be like a tree planted by water,
sending out its roots by the stream.
It shall not fear when heat comes,
and its leaves shall stay green;
in the year of drought it is not anxious,
and it does not cease to bear fruit.(C)
Isaiah 41:17
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17 When the poor and needy seek water,
and there is none,
and their tongue is parched with thirst,
I the Lord will answer them,
I the God of Israel will not forsake them.(A)
Isaiah 7:22
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22 and will eat curds because of the abundance of milk that they give, for everyone left in the land shall eat curds and honey.
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Isaiah 7:15
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15 He shall eat curds and honey by the time he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.(A)
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Psalm 81:16
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16 I would feed you[a] with the finest of the wheat,
and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”(A)
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- 81.16 Cn: Heb he would feed him
Psalm 36:8-9
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8 They feast on the abundance of your house,
and you give them drink from the river of your delights.(A)
9 For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light.(B)
2 Kings 7:2
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2 Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “Even if the Lord were to make windows in the sky, could such a thing happen?” But he said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat from it.”(A)
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2 Samuel 17:29
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29 honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, “The troops are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”(A)
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Numbers 14:23
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23 shall see the land that I swore to give to their ancestors; none of those who despised me shall see it.
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