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Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 16:24 · American Standard Version
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Proverbs 16:24 in other translations
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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In context
21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent; And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
22 Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is their folly.
23 The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.
24 Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.
26 The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
27 A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
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