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Proverbs 16:24

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Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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  1. Proverbs 12:18Rank 1 from verse 24
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    18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

  2. Proverbs 24:13–14Rank 2 from verse 24
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    13My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

    14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

  3. Proverbs 25:11–12Rank 3 from verse 24
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    11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

    12As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

  4. Proverbs 4:22Rank 4 from verse 24
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    22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

  5. Proverbs 23:16Rank 5 from verse 24
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    16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

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Proverbs 16:24

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words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

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honeycomb

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The waxen structure of cells made by bees to hold honey and their young.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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sweet

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Sense 1: Pleasing to the taste or smell. Sense 2: Pleasant, agreeable, or delightful to the senses or mind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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health

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Sense 1: Soundness or well-being of body. Sense 2: Healing, cure, or restoration to soundness. Sense 3: Saving help or deliverance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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16:23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

16:24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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16:25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

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