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Psalm 119:103
How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
101I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
102I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.
103How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
104Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN
105Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
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Honey gives the sweetness of God's promises a familiar measure, while “more than” puts their worth beyond a pleasure the mouth knows.
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Psalm 34:8Oh taste and see that the LORD is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.Both use taste to describe an encounter with God's goodness, one through his promises and the other through refuge in him.
Romans 12:2Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of …The link is limited: the psalm delights in God's promises, while Romans describes God's will as good and well-pleasing.
Job 23:12I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.Both value God's speech above food: the psalm names honey, while Job treasures God's words above his necessary food.
Proverbs 8:11For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.Both compare spiritual treasure with something prized: God's promises exceed honey, and wisdom exceeds rubies.
Psalm 19:10They are more to be desired than gold, yes, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.Both verses use honey's sweetness as a measure, then speak of something sweeter.
Proverbs 24:13–14My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;Both name honey as sweet to the taste; Psalm 119 uses that familiar sweetness to describe God's promises.
Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.Both connect words with honey's sweetness: the psalm speaks of God's promises, while Proverbs speaks of pleasant words.
John 4:32But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”The shared thread is food language: the psalm compares promises to honey, while Jesus speaks of food his hearers do not know.
Psalm 63:5My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,Both use the pleasure of food to describe delight expressed toward God.
Revelation 10:10I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth. When I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.Both describe sweetness like honey in the mouth; Revelation also records bitterness in the stomach after the book is eaten.
Ezekiel 3:3He said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your belly and your bowels with it.” Then I ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth.Both describe honey-like sweetness in the mouth, attached to God's promises in the psalm and the eaten scroll in Ezekiel.
Proverbs 24:14so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul. If you have found it, then there will be a reward: Your hope will not be cut off.Both commend something good for the person receiving it: the psalm praises God's promises, and Proverbs speaks of wisdom's reward.
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Delight in Scripture has a place alongside obedience: in these lines, the God who teaches the psalmist also gives promises sweeter than honey.
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