Proverbs 16:24

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 fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly. 23The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips. Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. 25There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. 26A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.

Proverbs 16:24 word by word

צוּף־דְּ֭בַשׁ אִמְרֵי־נֹ֑עַם מָת֥וֹק לַ֝נֶּפֶשׁ וּמַרְפֵּ֥א לָעָֽצֶם׃Read the interlinear

• Pleasantנֹ֫עַםnô‛am · pleasantnessH5278
• wordsאֵמֶר'êmer · wordH561
• are a honeycombצוּףtsûph · honeycombH6688
• are a honeycombדְּבַשׁdebash · honeyH1706
• sweetמָתוֹקmâthôq mâthûq · sweetH4966
• to the soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• and healingמַרְפֵּאmarpê' · healingH4832
• to the bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · bone: bodyH6106

Cross-references for Proverbs 16:24

• Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
• Proverbs 15:23A man takes joy in a fitting reply— and how good is a timely word!
• Proverbs 23:16My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
• Proverbs 25:11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
• Proverbs 27:9Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.
• Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
• John 20:19It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.
• Proverbs 24:13Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
• Psalms 19:10They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
• Psalms 119:103How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
• Jeremiah 15:16Your 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 3:8This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.
• Proverbs 4:22For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.

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

Topics related to Proverbs 16:24

• Speaking
• Wisdom

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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