Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
In Context
23The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
25There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Cross References
Psalms 19:10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Proverbs 3:8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 15:26Evil devices are an abomination to the LORD: but pleasant words are pure.
Proverbs 24:13My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Proverbs 27:9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
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 →