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Pro 16:24

Pleasant words {are as} an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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ParallelPro 12:18

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise {is} health.

ParallelPro 24:13

My son, eat thou honey, because {it is} good; and the honeycomb, {which is} sweet to thy taste: {to...: Heb. upon thy palate}

ParallelPro 4:22

For they {are} life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. {health: Heb. medicine}

ParallelPro 25:11

A word fitly spoken {is like} apples of gold in pictures of silver. {fitly...: Heb. spoken upon his wheels}

ParallelPro 23:16

Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

ParallelPro 3:8

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. {health: Heb. medicine} {marrow: Heb. watering, or, moistening}

ParallelPsa 119:103

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! {yea, sweeter} than honey to my mouth! {taste: Heb. palate}

ParallelPro 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}

ParallelPsa 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}

ParallelPro 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}

ParallelJer 15:16

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. {I am...: Heb. thy name is called upon me}

ParallelDeu 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:

ParallelPro 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}

ParallelJoh 20:19

Then the same day at evening, being the first {day} of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace {be} unto you.

ParallelSng 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.

ParallelPro 12:25

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

ParallelPro 12:18

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise {is} health.

ParallelPro 31:26

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue {is} the law of kindness.

ParallelPro 15:4

A wholesome tongue {is} a tree of life: but perverseness therein {is} a breach in the spirit. {A wholesome...: Heb. The healing of the tongue}

ParallelPro 3:8

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. {health: Heb. medicine} {marrow: Heb. watering, or, moistening}

ParallelRev 10:10

And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

ParallelPro 20:15

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge {are} a precious jewel.

ParallelSng 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.

ParallelSng 7:9

And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth {down} sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. {sweetly: Heb. straightly} {of those...: or, of the ancient}