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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 16) Proverbs 16:24 KJV
"Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."
Proverbs Chapter 16, Verse 24
Proverbs 16:24 in Context (Verses 21–27 KJV)
21
The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
22
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
23
The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.*
24
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
26
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.**
27
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.*