Butter

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerningGenesis 18:8Deuteronomy 32:14Judges 5:252 Samuel 17:29Job 20:17Isaiah 7:15Isaiah 7:22
• Made by churningProverbs 30:33

The passages, in Bible order (8)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 8 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 18:8

   Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.

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   “And he took butter and milk,....

   “But thou wilt not be able to stand in the freedom of spiritual beings until thou hast cast away entirely the bondage of carnal beings, for when thou hast cast away this bondage like a spiritual being and freeman thou mayest eat of every thing …

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2. Deuteronomy 32:14

   with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.

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   “Butter of kine,....

   “And through this lust another Prophet brought accusation against the people, saying, "They ate fatlings of the flocks, and calves from the herds." For the lust of the belly is the captain of the host of the left side, and to it are fettered all …

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3. Judges 5:25

   He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.

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   “Butter - Rather curdled milk, probably a fermented and intoxicating drink. All these marks of respect and friendship would lull Sisera into security.

   “He asked water, and she gave him milk,....

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4. 2 Samuel 17:29

   honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 17:292 voices

   “And honey and butter,....

   “Cheese of kine - Or, as others, “milch cows,” which is more in accordance with the context, being coupled with “sheep,” and is more or less borne out etymologically by the Arabic. God’s care for David was evident in the kindness of these people.

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5. Job 20:17

   He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

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   “Ver. 17. He shall not see the streamlets of the torrent river of honey and butter. 20. The Lord saith in the Gospel; He that believeth in Me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. [John 7, 38. 39.] Where the Evangelist subjoins, saying, But this spake He of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him should receive. And so 'the streamlets of the river' are the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

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6. Proverbs 30:33

   For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”

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   “But he who presses the breasts strongly to extract milk, etc. We press the breasts strongly when we ponder the words of sacred speech with subtle understanding, by which pressure while we seek milk, we find butter, because while we seek to be nourished even …

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7. Isaiah 7:15

   By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.

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   “I will say something even more amazing, so that you do not think that he is born in a fantasy, he will use foods of infancy, he will eat butter and milk.

   “Butter and honey shall he eat.....

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8. Isaiah 7:22

   and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.

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   “Second, from the slightness of provisions: butter and honey, because of the lack of bread: they that were fed delicately have died in the streets (Lam 4:5).

   “(Verse 21 onwards) And it shall come to pass on that day, a man shall nurture a cow of oxen, and two sheep, and because of the abundance of milk, he shall eat butter; for everyone who is left in the midst of the land shall eat butter and honey. And it shall come to pass on that day, every place where a thousand vines were worth a thousand silver shekels, there shall be thorns and briers. With arrows and bows they shall come there, for thorns and briers shall cover the whole land.

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