Verse 24

¶ Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 24:13-14 : 13 ¶ My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste: 14 So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul: when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
  • Prov 25:11-12 : 11 ¶ A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver. 12 [As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
  • Prov 4:22 : 22 For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 ¶ How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
  • Prov 3:8 : 8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 ¶ There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
  • Prov 15:23 : 23 ¶ A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word [spoken] in due season, how good [is it]!
  • Prov 15:26 : 26 ¶ The thoughts of the wicked [are] an abomination to the LORD: but [the words] of the pure [are] pleasant words.
  • Prov 23:16 : 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
  • Prov 27:9 : 9 ¶ Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
  • Song 4:11 : 11 Thy lips, O [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb: honey and milk [are] under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments [is] like the smell of Lebanon.
  • Jer 15:16 : 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
  • John 20:19-21 : 19 ¶ Then the same day at evening, being the first [day] of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, ‹Peace› [be] ‹unto you.› 20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them [his] hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. 21 Then said Jesus to them again, ‹Peace› [be] ‹unto you: as› [my] ‹Father hath sent me, even so send I you.›
  • Deut 32:2 : 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: