How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Proverbs 16:24 - New Revised Standard Version Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the mind and healing to the body. American Standard Version (1901) Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Common English Bible Pleasant words are flowing honey, sweet to the taste and healing to the bones. Catholic Public Domain Version Careful words are a honeycomb: sweet to the soul and healthful to the bones. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. |
How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey, and drippings of the honeycomb.
Rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone, and a word in season, how good it is!
Evil plans are an abomination to the Lord, but gracious words are pure.
A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
Perfume and incense make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.
For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.
The Teacher sought to find pleasing words, and he wrote words of truth plainly.
Your lips distill nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the scent of your garments is like the scent of Lebanon.
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.
May my teaching drop like the rain, my speech condense like the dew; like gentle rain on grass, like showers on new growth.
So 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.