Proverbs 16:24

Bible in Basic English 1965

Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

Cross References

Psalm 119:103

How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!

Psalm 19:10

More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.

Proverbs 12:18

There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

Proverbs 15:23

A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

Proverbs 15:26

Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.

Proverbs 17:22

A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.

Proverbs 23:16

And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

Proverbs 3:8

This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones.

Proverbs 4:22

For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.

Ecclesiastes 12:10

The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.

Song of Solomon 4:11

Your lips are dropping honey; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your clothing is like the smell of Lebanon.

Jeremiah 15:16

But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.

Deuteronomy 32:2

My teaching is dropping like rain, coming down like dew on the fields; like rain on the young grass and showers on the garden plants:

Revelation 10:10

And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and did as he said; and it was sweet as honey in my mouth: and when I had taken it, my stomach was made bitter.