Proverbs 16:24

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

Good words are honeycombs, and the sweetness thereof is a healing of the soul.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

צוּף־דְּ֭בַשׁ אִמְרֵי־נֹ֑עַם מָת֥וֹק לַ֝נֶּפֶשׁ וּמַרְפֵּ֥א לָעָֽצֶם׃

LXX-Br

Κηρία μέλιτος λόγοι καλοί, γλύκασμα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἴασις ψυχῆς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
• Proverbs 24:13–14Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste. 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.
• Proverbs 4:22For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
• Proverbs 25:11–12A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
• Proverbs 23:16My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
• Psalms 119:103How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
• Proverbs 3:8This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.
• Proverbs 27:9Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
• Psalms 19:10They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
• Proverbs 15:26The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.
• 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.
• 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.
• Proverbs 15:23A man takes joy in a fitting reply— and how good is a timely word!
• John 20:19–21It 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. After He had…
• Song of Songs 4:11Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.

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