Proverbs 16:24
Words well-set together is a comb of honey; health of bones is the sweetness of soul. (Kind words be like a honeycomb; sweet to the soul, and health for the bones.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 19:10Desirable more than gold, and a stone much precious; and sweeter than honey and honeycomb. ( They be more desirable than gold, or very precious stones; and sweeter than honey from a honeycomb.)
Proverbs 3:8For why health shall be in thy navel, and moisting of thy bones. (For that shall be health for thy body, or thy entrails, and moistening for thy bones.)
Proverbs 12:18A man is that promiseth, and he is pricked as with the sword of conscience; but the tongue of wise men is health. (There is a person who speaketh, and his words cut like a sword; but the tongues of the wise give health.)
Proverbs 15:26Evil thoughts is abomination of the Lord; and a clean word most fair shall be made steadfast of him. (Evil thoughts be an abomination to the Lord; but a most fair, and clean, word is his delight.)
Proverbs 24:13My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; and the honeycomb for it is full sweet to thy throat.
Proverbs 27:9The heart delighteth in ointment, and diverse odours; and a soul is made sweet by the good counsels of a friend.
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 →