24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.


In Context

21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.

22 Understanding is a wellspring of life to him that has it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

23 The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

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

25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

26 He that labors labors for himself; for his mouth craves it of him.

Proverbs 16:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:24Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:24Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:24Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:24Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:24Pleasant words are as a honey-comb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:24Sayings of pleasantness are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.