Proverbs 16:24

New American Bible - revised edition

Pleasing words are a honeycomb, sweet to the taste and invigorating to the bones.

Cross References

Psalm 119:103

How sweet to my tongue is your promise, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Psalm 19:10

The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The statutes of the Lord are true, all of them just;

Proverbs 12:18

The babble of some people is like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise is healing.

Proverbs 15:23

One has joy from an apt response; a word in season, how good it is!

Proverbs 15:26

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

Proverbs 17:22

A joyful heart is the health of the body, but a depressed spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 23:16

And my inmost being will exult, when your lips speak what is right.

Proverbs 27:9

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, but by grief the soul is torn asunder.

Proverbs 3:8

This will mean health for your flesh and vigor for your bones.

Proverbs 4:22

For they are life to those who find them, bringing health to one’s whole being.

Ecclesiastes 12:10

Qoheleth sought to find appropriate sayings, and to write down true sayings with precision.

Song of Solomon 4:11

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

Jeremiah 15:16

When I found your words, I devoured them; your words were my joy, the happiness of my heart, Because I bear your name, Lord, God of hosts.

Deuteronomy 32:2

May my teaching soak in like the rain, and my utterance drench like the dew, Like a downpour upon the grass, like a shower upon the crops.

Revelation 10:10

I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and swallowed it. In my mouth it was like sweet honey, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour.