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Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

World English Bible

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

American Standard Version

Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Geneva Bible 1599

Faire wordes are as an hony combe, sweetenesse to the soule, and health to the bones.

Darby Translation

Pleasant words are [as] a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones.

Young's Literal Translation

Sayings of pleasantness [are] a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

Bible in Basic English

Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

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Cross references

“Pleasant”

Proverbs 12:18 Proverbs 23:16 Proverbs 27:9 Proverbs 15:26 Deuteronomy 32:2 Proverbs 15:23

Proverbs 12:18 · BSB

Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 23:16 · BSB

My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

Proverbs 27:9 · BSB

Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.

Proverbs 15:26 · BSB

The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.

Deuteronomy 32:2 · BSB

Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.

Proverbs 15:23 · BSB

A man takes joy in a fitting reply— and how good is a timely word!

“an”

Psalm 119:103 Psalm 19:10 Jeremiah 15:16 Proverbs 24:13 Proverbs 24:14

Psalm 119:103 · BSB

How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!

Psalm 19:10 · BSB

They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.

Jeremiah 15:16 · BSB

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.

Proverbs 24:13 · BSB

Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

Proverbs 24:14 · BSB

Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.

“health”

Proverbs 4:22 Proverbs 3:8

Proverbs 4:22 · BSB

For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.

Proverbs 3:8 · BSB

This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.

25There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

Read Proverbs 16