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Proverbs 16:24

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

KJV

Favus mellis composita verba ; dulcedo animæ sanitas ossium.

Vulgate

κηρία μέλιτος λόγοι καλοί, γλύκασμα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἴασις ψυχῆς.

LXX

Pleasant words areas a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

ASV

צוּף דְּ֭בַשׁ אִמְרֵי נֹ֑עַם מָת֥וֹק לַ֝/נֶּפֶשׁ וּ/מַרְפֵּ֥א לָ/עָֽצֶם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִמְרֵי
'mry
noun · 48×
דְבָֽשׁ
dbsh
noun · 53×
י
y
noun · 752×
י
y
noun · 126×
מַרְפֵּֽא
mrp'
noun · 15×
מָת֥וֹק
mtvq
adjective · 12×
נֹ֑עַם
n'm
noun · 7×
צוּף
tsvp
noun · 2×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 32:2 — My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
  • Jer 15:16 — Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
  • John 20:19 — Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them,
  • Prov 3:8 — It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
  • Prov 3:8 — It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
  • Prov 4:22 — For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
  • Prov 12:18 — There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
  • Prov 12:18 — There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
  • Prov 12:25 — Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
  • Prov 15:4 — A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
  • Prov 15:23 — A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
  • Prov 15:26 — The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
  • Prov 20:15 — There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
  • Prov 23:16 — Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
  • Prov 24:13 — My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
  • Prov 25:11 — A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
  • Prov 27:9 — Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
  • Prov 31:26 — She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
  • Ps 19:10 — More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
  • Ps 119:103 — How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
  • Rev 10:10 — And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
  • Song 4:11 — Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.