Verse 24

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

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 24:13-14 : 13 My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste: 14 so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off.
  • Prov 25:11-12 : 11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. 12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
  • Prov 4:22 : 22 For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
  • Prov 3:8 : 8 It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
  • Prov 15:23 : 23 Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!
  • Prov 15:26 : 26 Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.
  • Prov 23:16 : 16 yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right.
  • Prov 27:9 : 9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.
  • Song 4:11 : 11 Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
  • Jer 15:16 : 16 Your words were found, and I ate them; and your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.
  • John 20:19-21 : 19 When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be to you." 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus therefore said to them again, "Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."
  • Deut 32:2 : 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain. My speech shall condense as the dew, as the small rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb.