Proverbs 16:24

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Psalm 119:103

How sweet are thy 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.

Proverbs 12:18

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

Proverbs 15:23

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

Proverbs 15:26

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord, the words of the pure are pleasing to him.

Proverbs 17:22

A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 23:16

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

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and perfume make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.

Proverbs 3:8

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

Proverbs 4:22

For they are life to him who finds them, and healing to all his flesh.

Ecclesiastes 12:10

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

Song of Solomon 4:11

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

Jeremiah 15:16

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

Deuteronomy 32:2

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

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.