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Selected Verse: Proverbs 16:24 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Pr 16:24	King James	Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
(Compare Pro 15:26). Gentle, kind words, by soothing the mind, give the body health.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

(Compare Pro 15:26). Gentle, kind words, by soothing the mind, give the body health.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Honey took its place not only among the luxuries, but among the medicines of the Israelites. This two-fold use made it all the more suitable to be an emblem both of the true Wisdom which is also true obedience, and of the "pleasant words" in which that Wisdom speaks.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Honey took its place not only among the luxuries, but among the medicines of the Israelites. This two-fold use made it all the more suitable to be an emblem both of the true Wisdom which is also true obedience, and of the "pleasant words" in which that Wisdom speaks.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
24 A honeycomb are pleasant words, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bones. Honeycomb, i.e., honey flowing from the צוּף, the comb or cell (favus), is otherwise designated, Psa 19:11. מתוק, with מרפּא, is neut. אמרי־נעם are, according to Pro 15:26, words which love suggests, and which breathe love. Such words are sweet to the soul of the hearer, and bring strength and healing to his bones (Pro 15:30); for מרפא is not only that which restores soundness, but also that which preserves and advances it (cf. θεραπεία, Rev 22:2).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

24 A honeycomb are pleasant words,

Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bones.

Honeycomb, i.e., honey flowing from the צוּף, the comb or cell (favus), is otherwise designated, Psa 19:11. מתוק, with מרפּא, is neut. אמרי־נעם are, according to Pro 15:26, words which love suggests, and which breathe love. Such words are sweet to the soul of the hearer, and bring strength and healing to his bones (Pro 15:30); for מרפא is not only that which restores soundness, but also that which preserves and advances it (cf. θεραπεία, Rev 22:2).

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Pleasant words are as a honey-comb - The honey of which is sweeter than that which has been expressed from it, and has a much finer flavour before it has come in contact with the atmospheric air.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Pleasant words are as a honey-comb - The honey of which is sweeter than that which has been expressed from it, and has a much finer flavour before it has come in contact with the atmospheric air.

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