Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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Cross references
- Proverbs 12:18 There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
- Proverbs 24:13–14 My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste; so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul. If you have found it, then there will be a reward: Your hope will not be cut off.
- Proverbs 4:22 For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.