Proverbs 16:24

American Standard Version

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

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Proverbs 16:24 in other translations

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

Proverbs 16:24 · World English Bible

Proverbs 16:24 in context

  1. 22Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is their folly.
  2. 23The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.
  3. 24Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
  4. 25There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.
  5. 26The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.