Bible verse
By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
Isaiah 7:15 · BSB
The verses around it, from Isaiah 7.
11 “Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”
12 But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”
13 Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?
14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
15 By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
16 For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
17 The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”
18 On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.
19 And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes.
KJV
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
ASV
Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
ERV
Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
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