Proverbs Chapter 16 verse 24 Holy Bible
Pleasant words are `as' a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.
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Pleasant words are [as] a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones.
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Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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Sayings of pleasantness `are' a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.
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Proverbs 16 : 24 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 24. - Pleasant words are as an honeycomb. "Pleasant words" are words of comforting, soothing tendency, as in ch. 15:26; Psalm 19:10. The writer continues his praise of apt speech. The comparison with honey is common in all languages and at all times. Thus Homer sings of Nestor ('Iliad,' 1:248, etc.) - "The smooth-tongued chief, from whose persuasive lipsSweeter than honey flowed the stream of speech."(Derby.) So the story goes that on the lips of St. Ambrose, while still a boy, a swarm of bees settled, portending his future persuasive eloquence. Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones (Proverbs 15:30). The verse forms one sentence. The happy results of pleasant words are felt in body and soul. Honey in Palestine is a staple article of food, and is also used as a medicinal remedy. Of its reviving effects we read in the case of Jonathan, who from a little portion hurriedly taken as he marched on had "his eyes enlightened" (1 Samuel 14:27). Septuagint, "Their sweetness is the healing of the soul." Ἰατρὸς ὁ λόγος τοῦ κατά ψυχὴν πάθους. "Speech the physician of the soul's annoy."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) Pleasant words.--Comp. Proverbs 15:26.Health to the bones.--Comp. 1Samuel 14:27.
