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Proverbs 16:24 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 16 · verse 24
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.Proverbs 16:24 · King James Version
Proverbs 16:24 in context
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 →
- PleasantnôʻamagreeablenessH5278 →
- healthmarpêʼproperly, curativeH4832 →
- wordsʼêmersomething saidH561 →
- sweetmâthôwqsweetH4966 →
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The pleasant words here commended must be those which the heart of the wise teaches, and adds learning to (Pro 16:23), words of seasonable advice, instruction, and comfort, words taken from God's word, for that is it which Solomon had learned from his father to account sweeter than honey and the honey-comb, Psa 19:10.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary