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Proverbs 16:23-24 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 16 · verses 23–24
23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. 24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.Proverbs 16:23-24 · King James Version
Proverbs 16:23-24 in context
21The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
26He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
Commentary
Cross references
- Proverbs 12:18
- Proverbs 24:13-14
- Proverbs 25:11-12
- Proverbs 4:22
- Proverbs 23:16
- Proverbs 3:8
- Psalms 119:103
- Proverbs 27:9
Key words (Strong's)
- honeycombtsûwphcomb of honeyH6688 →
- honeycombdᵉbashhoneyH1706 →
- teachethsâkalto be circumspect and hence, intelligentH7919 →
- learningleqachproperly, something receivedH3948 →
- PleasantnôʻamagreeablenessH5278 →
- addethyâçaphto add or augmentH3254 →
- healthmarpêʼproperly, curativeH4832 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
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Solomon had commended eloquence, or the sweetness of the lips (Pro 16:21), and seemed to prefer it before wisdom; but here he corrects himself, as it were, and shows that unless there be a good treasure within to support the eloquence it is worth little. Wisdom in the heart is the main matter. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary