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Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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Proverbs 24:13-14
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: to...: Heb. upon thy palate So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Psalms 119:103
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! taste: Heb. palate
Proverbs 4:22
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. health: Heb. medicine
Psalms 19:10
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. the honeycomb: Heb. the dropping of honeycombs
Proverbs 25:11-12
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. fitly...: Heb. spoken upon his wheels As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Proverbs 15:23
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! due...: Heb. his season
Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 3:8
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. health: Heb. medicine marrow: Heb. watering, or, moistening
Proverbs 15:26
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words. pleasant...: Heb. words of pleasantness
Song of Solomon 4:11
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Proverbs 27:9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. by...: Heb. from the counsel of the soul
Deuteronomy 32:2
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: