Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, 1 sweet to the nefesh, and marpeh (healing) to the atzmot (bones). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23The lev chacham guides his peh (mouth), 1 and addeth learning to his sfatayim (lips). 1

25There is a derech that seemeth yashar (right) before an ish, 1 but its acharit (future, latter end) is the drakhei mavet. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 19:10The yirat Hashem (fear of the L-rd) is tehorah (clean), 1 enduring forever; 1 the mishpatim of Hashem are emes 1 and righteous altogether. 1

Proverbs 3:8It shall be rife'ut (health) to thy navel, 1 and marrow to thy atzmot. 1

Proverbs 12:18There is one who speaketh rash words like the wounding of a cherev, 1 but the lashon of the chachamim promotes marpeh (healing). 1

Proverbs 15:26The thoughts of the rah are a to'evah to Hashem, 1 but the words of the tehorim (pure ones) are pleasant. 1

Proverbs 24:13Beni (my son), eat thou devash, because it is tov; 1 and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste; 1

Proverbs 27:9Shemen and ketoret rejoice the lev; 1 so doth the sweet discourse of a re'a (friend) from an atzat nefesh (a counselling of the soul). 1

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:24

23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. Solomon had commended eloquence, or the sweetness of the lips ( v. 21 ), and seemed to prefer it before wisdom; but here he corrects himself, as it were, and shows that unless there be a good treasure within to support the eloquence it is worth little. Wisdom in the heart is the main matter. 1. It is this that directs us in speaking, that teaches the mouth what to speak, and when, and how, so that what is spoken may be proper, and… Read the whole commentary →

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