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Proverbs 16

Prov. 16:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Pleasant
no`am (Hebrew #5278)
agreeableness, i.e. delight, suitableness, splendor or grace
KJV usage: beauty, pleasant(-ness).
Pronounce: no'-am
Origin: from 5276
words
'emer (Hebrew #561)
something said
KJV usage: answer, X appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.
Pronounce: ay'-mer
Origin: from 559
are as an honeycomb
dbash (Hebrew #1706)
honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
KJV usage: honey((-comb)).
Pronounce: deb-ash'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be gummy
tsuwph (Hebrew #6688)
comb of honey (from dripping)
KJV usage: honeycomb.
Pronounce: tsoof
Origin: from 6687
v, sweet
mathowq (Hebrew #4966)
from 4985; sweet
KJV usage: sweet(-er, -ness).
Pronounce: maw-thoke'
Origin: or mathuwq {maw-thook'}
to the soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
, and health
marpe' (Hebrew #4832)
properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity
KJV usage: ((in-))cure(-able), healing(-lth), remedy, sound, wholesome, yielding.
Pronounce: mar-pay'
Origin: from 7495
to the bones
`etsem (Hebrew #6106)
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
KJV usage: body, bone, X life, (self-)same, strength, X very.
Pronounce: eh'tsem
Origin: from 6105
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Psa. 19:10• 10To be desired more than gold, and more than much pure gold;{HR}And sweeter than honey and the dropping of the honeycomb. (Psa. 19:10)

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Soul; Spirit

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Ministry on This Verse

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Pleasant.
Prov. 12:18• 18There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword;{HR}But the tongue of the wise [is] health. (Prov. 12:18)
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Prov. 15:23,26• 23A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth,{HR}And a word in season, how good it is!
 26Evil thoughts [are] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}But pure words [are] pleasant. (Prov. 15:23,26)
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Prov. 23:16• 16And my reins shall exult,{HR}When thy lips speak right things. (Prov. 23:16)
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Prov. 25:11‑12• 11Apples of gold in baskets of silver{HR}[Is] a word spoken in season.
 12An ear-ring of gold and an ornament of fine gold{HR}[Is] a wise reprover on an attentive ear. (Prov. 25:11‑12)
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Prov. 27:9• 9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart;{HR}So the sweetness of a man's friend from hearty counsel. (Prov. 27:9)
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Deut. 32:2• 2My doctrine shall drop as rain,{HR}My speech flow down as dew,{HR}As small rain upon the tender herb,{HR}And as showers on the grass.{HR} (Deut. 32:2)
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Song of Sol. 4:11• 11Thy lips, spouse, drop honeycomb;{HR}Honey and milk [are] under thy tongue;{HR}And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. (Song of Sol. 4:11)
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John 20:19‑21• 19When it was evening then, on that day which was the first of the week, and the doors were shut where the disciples were by reason of the fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith to them, Peace to you.
 20And having said this he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples then rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
 21He said therefore to them again, Peace to you: according as the Father hath sent me forth, I also send you. (John 20:19‑21)
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Prov. 24:13‑14• 13Eat honey, my son, for [it is] good;{HR}And a honeycomb [is] sweet to thy taste,
 14So consider wisdom for thy soul;{HR}If thou hast found [it], there shall be a result,{HR}And thine expectation shall not be cut off. (Prov. 24:13‑14)
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Psa. 19:10• 10To be desired more than gold, and more than much pure gold;{HR}And sweeter than honey and the dropping of the honeycomb. (Psa. 19:10)
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Psa. 119:103• 103How sweet to my palate are thy sayings,{HR}[More] than honey to my mouth! (Psa. 119:103)
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Jer. 15:16• 16Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy words were unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts. (Jer. 15:16)
health.
Prov. 3:8• 8It shall be health for thy navel,{HR}And moisture for thy bones. (Prov. 3:8)
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Prov. 4:22• 22For they are life to those that find them,{HR}And health to all their flesh. (Prov. 4:22)
• It is the condition of the heart that is of prime importance. If all be right there, the words of the lips will accord therewith. (“Proverbs Sixteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones.

W. Kelly Translation

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Pleasant words [are as] a honey-comb,{HR}Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.