24Pleasant 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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Pleasantנֹ֑עַםH5278Noun - masculine singularwordsאִמְרֵי־H561Noun - masculine plural constructare a honeycombצוּף־H6688Noun - masculine singular construct. . .דְּ֭בַשׁH1706Noun - masculine singularsweetמָת֥וֹקH4966Adjective - masculine singularto the soulלַ֝נֶּפֶשׁH5315Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singularand healingוּמַרְפֵּ֥אH4832Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularto the bonesלָעָֽצֶם׃H6106Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular