American Standard Version
Proverbs 16:24
24Pleasant words areas a honeycomb,Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 16:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
- New International Version (NIV)Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.
Context of Proverbs 16:24
22Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools istheirfolly. 23The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips. Pleasant words areas a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. 25There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death. 26The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
Read all of Proverbs 16Proverbs 16:24 word by word
צוּף־דְּ֭בַשׁ אִמְרֵי־נֹ֑עַם מָת֥וֹק לַ֝נֶּפֶשׁ וּמַרְפֵּ֥א לָעָֽצֶם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 16:24
- Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
- Proverbs 15:23A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth; And a word in due season, how good is it!
- Proverbs 23:16Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.
- Proverbs 25:11A word fitly spoken Islikeapples of gold in network of silver.
- Proverbs 27:9Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
- Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb.
- John 20:19When therefore it was evening, on that day, the firstdayof the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
- Proverbs 24:13My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:
- Psalms 19:10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.
- Psalms 119:103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
- Jeremiah 15:16Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.
- Proverbs 3:8It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones.
- Proverbs 4:22For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.
Commentaries on Proverbs 16:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Pleasant words are as a honey-comb - The honey of which is sweeter than that which has been expressed from it, and has a much finer flavour before it has come in contact with the atmospheric air.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Honey took its place not only among the luxuries, but among the medicines of the Israelites. This two-fold use made it all the more suitable to be an emblem both of the true Wisdom which is also true obedience, and of the “pleasant words” in which that Wisdom speaks.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24Verse 24 The word of God cures the diseases that weaken our souls.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. (Compare Pr 15:26). Gentle, kind words, by soothing the mind, give the body health.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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