24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 16:24
The LORD Weighs the Heart: Sovereignty, Humility, Justice, and the Wise Path
The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over plans and motives, to justice in royal rule, to the superiority of wisdom and humility, to gracious speech and the warning against self-deceived paths, to destructive speech and violent companionship, and finally to patience, self-control, and the LORD's final governance.
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Verse 24
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Pleasant נֹ֑עַם H5278 Noun - masculine singular words אִמְרֵי־ H561 Noun - masculine plural construct are a honeycomb צוּף־ H6688 Noun - masculine singular construct . . . דְּ֭בַשׁ H1706 Noun - masculine singular sweet מָת֥וֹק H4966 Adjective - masculine singular to the soul לַ֝נֶּפֶשׁ H5315 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular and healing וּמַרְפֵּ֥א H4832 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular to the bones לָעָֽצֶם׃ H6106 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular