Proverbs 16:24

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Cross References

Psalm 119:103

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Psalm 19:10

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

Proverbs 12:18

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: But the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 15:23

A man hath 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 doeth good like a medicine: But a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Proverbs 23:16

Yea, my reins shall rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.

Proverbs 27:9

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

Proverbs 3:8

It shall be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones.

Proverbs 4:22

For they are life unto 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

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.

Jeremiah 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.

Deuteronomy 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:

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.