Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Cross References (15)

  • Proverbs 12:18 (27)

    Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

  • Proverbs 24:13–14 (21)

    Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

  • Proverbs 4:22 (17)

    For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.

  • Proverbs 25:11–12 (17)

    A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

  • Proverbs 23:16 (14)

    My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

  • Proverbs 3:8 (13)

    This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.

  • Psalms 119:103 (13)

    How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth!

  • Proverbs 27:9 (12)

    Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.

  • Psalms 19:10 (10)

    They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.

  • Proverbs 15:26 (9)

    The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.

  • Jeremiah 15:16 (8)

    Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God

  • Deuteronomy 32:2 (7)

    Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plan

  • John 20:19–21 (6)

    It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fea

  • Proverbs 15:23 (6)

    A man takes joy in a fitting reply—and how good is a timely word!

  • Song of Solomon 4:11 (4)

    Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your