Proverbs 16:24

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

Words of pleasantness are a comb of honey—sweet to the soul and healing to the bone.

Latin

Favus mellis composita verba; dulcedo animæ sanitas ossium.

Hebrew

English

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

Theme notes and profiles

Proverbs 12:18
Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 24:13–14
Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
Proverbs 4:22
For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
Proverbs 25:11–12
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Proverbs 23:16
My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Psalm 119:103
How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth!
Proverbs 3:8
This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.
Proverbs 27:9
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.
Psalm 19:10
They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
Proverbs 15:26
The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.
Jeremiah 15:16
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.
Deuteronomy 32:2
Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.