Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 16:24
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Berean Standard Bible
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
King James Version
Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
World English Bible
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
American Standard Version
Pleasant words are [as] a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 16
22 Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
23 The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
26 A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
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