Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

Pleasant sayings [are] a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and healing to the bones.

New American 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.

Holman Bible

Pleasant words are a honeycomb:
sweet to the taste and health to the body.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נעם 
No`am 
Usage: 7

אמר 
'emer 
Usage: 49

are as an honeycomb
צוּף 
Tsuwph 
Usage: 2

מתוּק מתוק 
Mathowq 
Usage: 12

to the soul
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

and health
מרפּא 
Marpe' 
Usage: 16

References

Easton

Hastings

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

23 The heart of the wise will make his mouth judicious, and upon his lips, it will add persuasiveness. 24 Pleasant sayings [are] a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and healing to the bones. 25 There is a way [that seems] upright {to} a man, but its end [is] the way of death.



Cross References

Psalm 19:10

more desirable than gold, even much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, even honey [in the] comb.

Proverbs 4:22

For they are life to those who find them and healing {to the entire body}.

Proverbs 15:26

Plans of evil [are] an abomination of Yahweh, but gracious words are pure.

Proverbs 24:13-14

My child, eat honey, for [it is] good, and the dripping of the honeycomb [is] sweet to your taste.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly, like the thrust of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 15:23

Joy [belongs] to a man with answers in his mouth, and a word in its time, how good [it is]!

Proverbs 25:11-12

Apples of gold in a setting of silver is a matter spoken at its proper time.

Deuteronomy 32:2

May my teaching trickle like the dew, my words like rain showers on tender grass, and like spring showers on new growth.

Psalm 119:103

How smooth [are] your words to my palate, more than honey in my mouth.

Proverbs 3:8

There shall be healing for your {flesh}, and refreshment for your body.

Proverbs 23:16

And my {insides} will rejoice when your lips speak what is upright.

Proverbs 27:9

Perfume and incense will gladden a heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend [is] {personal advice}.

Song of Songs 4:11

Your lips drip nectar, [my] bride; honey and milk [are] under your lips; the scent of your garments [is] like the scent of Lebanon.

Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found and I ate them, and your words became to me as jubilation, even as the joy of my heart, for your name is called on me, Yahweh God of hosts.

John 20:19-21

Now [when it] was evening on that day--the first [day] of the week--and the doors had been shut where the disciples were because of fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace to you."

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