Matthew 3:4

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

⁴ Now _f John himself was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was _g locusts and _h wild honey.

1. Cross References
   2 Kings 1:8
   So they answered him, "A hairy man wearing a leather belt around his waist." And he said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite.
   Zechariah 13:4
   And it shall be in that day that every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not wear a robe of coarse hair to deceive.
   Matthew 11:8
   But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Indeed, those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
   Mark 1:6
   Now John was clothed with camel's hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
   
2. Cross References
   Leviticus 11:22
   These you may eat: the locust after its kind, the destroying locust after its kind, the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Samuel 14:25
   Now all the people of the land came to a forest; and there was honey on the ground.
   1 Samuel 14:26
   And when the people had come into the woods, there was the honey, dripping; but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.