Proverbs 16:24

English Standard Version 2016

Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:18

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 4:22

For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.

Proverbs 3:8

It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.

Proverbs 23:16

My inmost being will exult when your lips speak what is right.

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.

Psalm 119:103

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

Psalm 19:10

More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.

Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.

Proverbs 15:26

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord, but gracious words are pure.

Deuteronomy 32:2

May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass, and like showers upon the herb.

Proverbs 15:23

To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!

Song of Solomon 4:11

Your lips drip nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

Proverbs 17:22

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Ecclesiastes 12:10

The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.

Revelation 10:10

And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it. It was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter.