Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge.  We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.

Source: Wikiquote: "Honey" (Quotes, Attributed, Revelation 10:9–10: {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left;" border="1" ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;" | ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:10px;" | King James Version ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:250px;" | New American Standard Bible |- |9 |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. |So I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book.  And he said to me, "Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey." |- |10 |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. |I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. |- |}, Proverbs 27:7: {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left;" border="1" ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;" | ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:10px;" | King James Version ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:250px;" | New American Standard Bible |- |7 |The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. |A sated man loathes honey,    But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet. |- |}) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app