Proverbs 16:24

American King James Version (1999)

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

Cross References

Psalm 119:103

How sweet are your words to my taste! yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Psalm 19:10

More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Proverbs 12:18

There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 15:23

A man has joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

Proverbs 15:26

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

Proverbs 17:22

A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.

Proverbs 23:16

Yes, my reins shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.

Proverbs 27:9

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Proverbs 3:8

It shall be health to your navel, and marrow to your bones.

Proverbs 4:22

For they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Ecclesiastes 12:10

The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

Song of Solomon 4:11

Your lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found, and I did eat them; and your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts.

Deuteronomy 32:2

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain on the tender herb, and as the showers on the grass:

Revelation 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.