24Pleasant words are as a 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 increaseth learning.

22 Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is their folly.

23 The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.

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

25 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

26 The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto .

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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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