Here are 22 Bible verses about sweetness from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.
Proverbs 16:24 KJV
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Exodus 15:25 KJV
And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
Proverbs 13:19 KJV
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
Proverbs 20:17 KJV
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Jeremiah 6:20 KJV
To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
Proverbs 27:7 KJV
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Revelation 10:9 KJV
And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
Ezekiel 47:8 KJV
Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
Psalms 119:103 KJV
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Job 20:12 KJV
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
Judges 14:14 KJV
And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
Isaiah 43:24 KJV
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
Judges 9:11 KJV
But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Ezekiel 3:3 KJV
And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
Ezekiel 47:9 KJV
And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
Revelation 10:10 KJV
And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
James 3:11 KJV
Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
Judges 14:18 KJV
And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
Ezekiel 47:11 KJV
But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
Psalms 55:14 KJV
We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
Proverbs 24:13-14 KJV
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Psalms 19:10 KJV
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
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