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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• 10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and 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 speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. (Prov. 12:18)
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Prov. 15:23,26• 23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
 26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words. (Prov. 15:23,26)
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Prov. 23:16• 16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. (Prov. 23:16)
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Prov. 25:11‑12• 11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
 12As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. (Prov. 25:11‑12)
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Prov. 27:9• 9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. (Prov. 27:9)
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Deut. 32:2• 2My 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: (Deut. 32:2)
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Song of Sol. 4:11• 11Thy 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. (Song of Sol. 4:11)
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John 20:19‑21• 19Then 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.
 20And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.
 21Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. (John 20:19‑21)
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Prov. 24:13‑14• 13My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
 14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. (Prov. 24:13‑14)
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Psa. 19:10• 10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. (Psa. 19:10)
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Psa. 119:103• 103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter 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 word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. (Jer. 15:16)
health.
Prov. 3:8• 8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. (Prov. 3:8)
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Prov. 4:22• 22For they are life unto those that find them, 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.