Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Pleasant sayings [are] a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and healing to the bones.
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.
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 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."