Proverbs 16:24

New English Translation

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Cross References

Psalm 119:103

Your words are sweeter in my mouth than honey!

Psalm 19:10

They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.

Proverbs 12:18

Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.

Proverbs 15:23

A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time – how good it is!

Proverbs 15:26

The Lord abhors the plans of the wicked, but pleasant words are pure.

Proverbs 17:22

A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 23:16

my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

Proverbs 27:9

Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one’s friend from sincere counsel.

Proverbs 3:8

This will bring healing to your body, and refreshment to your inner self.

Proverbs 4:22

for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body.

Ecclesiastes 12:10

The Teacher sought to find delightful words, and to write accurately truthful sayings.

Song of Solomon 4:11

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

Jeremiah 15:16

As your words came to me I drank them in, and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you.

Deuteronomy 32:2

My teaching will drop like the rain, my sayings will drip like the dew, as rain drops upon the grass, and showers upon new growth.

Revelation 10:10

So I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it did taste as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter.