King James Version
Proverbs 16:24 in the King James Version says “Pleasant words are as an honeycomb , sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Pleasant words are as an honeycomb , sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”
Proverbs 16:24 · KJV
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. teacheth: Heb. maketh wise
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb , sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. He: Heb. The soul of him that craveth: Heb. boweth unto him
KJV Study — Public Domain
“to the soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“and health”
H4832properly, curative, i.e., literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity
“to the bones”
H6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame
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