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


In Context

21 The wise in heart is called intelligent, and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

22 Wisdom is a fountain of life for him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly.

23 The heart of the wise maketh his mouth intelligent, and upon his lips increaseth learning.

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

25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death.

26 The appetite of the labourer laboureth for him, for his mouth urgeth him on.

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 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.