Bible Verses about Bees

Bees, often celebrated for their industrious nature and pivotal role in creation, also find their place in the pages of the Bible. These tiny creatures symbolize diligence, community, and divine provision. In this blog post, we’ll explore Bible verses that mention bees, revealing how their characteristics and behaviors offer insights into spiritual truths and God’s design. Join us as we uncover the lessons and reflections inspired by these remarkable insects, and discover how their presence in Scripture can illuminate our understanding of faith and life.

Bible Verses about Bees

Exodus 3:8 – “So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.”

Exodus 3:17 – “And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, a land flowing with milk and honey.”

Exodus 33:3 – “Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way.”

Deuteronomy 6:3 – “Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey, so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you.”

Deuteronomy 11:9 – “And so that you may live long in the land the Lord swore to your ancestors to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.”

Deuteronomy 26:9 – “He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.”

Deuteronomy 31:20 – “When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their ancestors, and when they eat their fill and thrive, they will turn to other gods and worship them, rejecting me and breaking my covenant.”

Judges 14:8 – “Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to look at the lion’s carcass and in it he saw a swarm of bees and some honey.”

Judges 14:9 – “He scooped out the honey with his hands and ate as he went along. When he rejoined his parents, he gave them some, and they ate it too. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.”

Psalm 81:16 – “But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

Proverbs 16:24 – “Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.”

These verses highlight the significance of honey and bees in biblical times, often symbolizing abundance, nourishment, and divine blessings.

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