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Psalm 19:10

They are more to be desired than gold, yes, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.

8The LORD’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. The LORD’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.
9The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever. The LORD’s ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.
10They are more to be desired than gold, yes, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.
11Moreover your servant is warned by them. In keeping them there is great reward.
12Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors.
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Gold and honey make desire concrete: God’s ordinances are described as worth more than great wealth and sweeter than something you would savor.

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Jeremiah 15:16Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, LORD, God of Armies.Both passages describe delight in God’s words through food imagery: honey’s sweetness in the psalm and eating words in Jeremiah.
Psalm 119:103How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!Both psalms compare what God says to honey and declare it sweeter.
Psalm 119:72The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YODHBoth passages value God’s instruction above great wealth, whether much fine gold or thousands of gold and silver pieces.
Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.Both use honeycomb sweetness to describe words worth receiving, though Proverbs speaks of pleasant words rather than God’s ordinances.
Psalm 119:127Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.Both passages express desire for God’s commands above gold, strengthening the comparison by specifying gold of high purity.
Proverbs 16:16How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.Both rank something above gold: God’s ordinances in the psalm, and wisdom and understanding in Proverbs.
Proverbs 3:13–15Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.Both describe something desirable: the psalm praises the sweetness of God’s ordinances, while Proverbs names happiness in finding wisdom.
Proverbs 8:11For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.Both compare their subject with precious things and declare its greater worth: God’s ordinances surpass gold, and wisdom surpasses rubies.
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.Honey supplies the comparison in both texts: God’s ordinances surpass its sweetness, and Ezekiel’s eaten scroll tastes like it.
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 treasure God’s words above valued goods, with the psalm naming gold and honey and Job naming necessary food.
1 Corinthians 3:12But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,The shared detail is gold: the psalm uses it to compare worth, while Corinthians lists it among building materials.
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 use honey’s sweetness, though Revelation adds bitterness in the stomach after the little book is eaten.
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Your delight in Scripture may vary from day to day. The worth described here remains: God’s ordinances surpass even much fine gold and the sweetness of honey.

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