Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Sweet to the soul and
King James Version
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Holman Bible
sweet to the taste
International Standard Version
Pleasant words are honey from a honeycomb sweet to the soul and healing for the body.
A Conservative Version
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.
Amplified
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
Sweet and delightful to the soul and healing to the body.
Bible in Basic English
Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.
Darby Translation
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones.
Julia Smith Translation
Words of pleasantness an, honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and healing to the bones.
King James 2000
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Pleasant sayings [are] a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and healing to the bones.
Modern King James verseion
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Fair words are a honeycomb, a refreshing of the mind, and health of the bones.
NET Bible
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
New Heart English Bible
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
The Emphasized Bible
A comb of honey, are pleasant words, sweet to the taste and healing to the bone.
Webster
Pleasant words are as a honey-comb, 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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Sayings of pleasantness are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.
Themes
Honey » In the honeycomb sweetest and most valuable
Honey » Illustrative of » Pleasant words
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 16:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
23
The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
24
Sweet to the soul and
Cross References
Psalm 19:10
More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
Proverbs 4:22
For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.
Proverbs 15:26
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, but gracious words are pure.
Proverbs 24:13-14
My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
Proverbs 12:18
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 15:23
To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!
Proverbs 25:11-12
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
Deuteronomy 32:2
May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass, and like showers upon the herb.
Psalm 119:103
How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Proverbs 3:8
It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.
Proverbs 23:16
My inmost being will exult when your lips speak what is right.
Proverbs 27:9
Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
Song of Songs 4:11
Your lips drip nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
Jeremiah 15:16
Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of hosts.
John 20:19-21
On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."