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 increaseth learning.

22 Understanding is a wellspring 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 an 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 labouring man laboureth for him; for his mouth craveth 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 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.