Proverbs 16:24 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”
Proverbs 16:24 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 16:24 in 6 Bible Translations
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Proverbs 16:24 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”
Proverbs 16:24 — World English Bible
Proverbs 16:24 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Pleasant words areas a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. ”
Proverbs 16:24 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 16:24 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Sayings of pleasantness <FI>are<Fi> a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.”
Proverbs 16:24 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 16:24 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Pleasant words are [as] a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones. ”
Proverbs 16:24 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 16:24 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Faire wordes are as an hony combe, sweetenesse to the soule, and health to the bones.”
Proverbs 16:24 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 16:24 in Context — Proverbs 16
22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
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What Does Proverbs 16:24 Mean?
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