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Proverbs 16:24

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

Pleasant {H5278} words {H561} are as an honeycomb {H6688}{H1706}, sweet {H4966} to the soul {H5315}, and health {H4832} to the bones {H6106}.

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the taste and healing for the body.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 12:18 (23 votes)

    ¶ There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.

  • Proverbs 24:13 (20 votes)

    ¶ My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:

  • Proverbs 24:14 (20 votes)

    So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul: when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

  • Proverbs 4:22 (16 votes)

    For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

  • Proverbs 25:11 (16 votes)

    ¶ A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver.

  • Proverbs 25:12 (16 votes)

    [As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

  • Proverbs 3:8 (12 votes)

    It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.