Verse 4

Now John himself had a garment made of camel’s hair, and a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

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  • 2 Kgs 1:8 : 8 They replied, 'He was a man with a garment of hair and a leather belt around his waist.' The king said, 'It was Elijah the Tishbite.'
  • Lev 11:22 : 22 Of them you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.
  • Zech 13:4 : 4 On that day, every prophet will be ashamed of their visions when they prophesy. They will no longer wear a cloak of hair to deceive.
  • Matt 11:8 : 8 But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft garments? Look, those who wear soft clothing live in royal palaces.
  • Mark 1:6 : 6 John was dressed in camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
  • Luke 1:17 : 17 And he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to prepare a people fit for the Lord.
  • Rev 11:3 : 3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.
  • Deut 32:13 : 13 He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him with the produce of the fields. He gave him honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag.
  • 1 Sam 14:25-27 : 25 The entire army entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground. 26 When the people entered the forest, they saw honey flowing, but no one dared to lift a hand to his mouth because the people were afraid of the oath. 27 Jonathan, however, had not heard his father make the people swear the oath. So he reached out the tip of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and raised it to his mouth. His eyes then brightened.
  • Matt 11:18 : 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’