A Verse Mapping Bible Study on Proverbs
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Week 21: Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Scripture Memory
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Proverbs 16:24
P_______ w____ a__ a_ a_ h________, s____ t_ t__ s___, a__ h_____ t_ t__ b____. Proverbs 16:24
Bible Context
Who?
King Solomon
When?
Early in his reign, after 970 B.C.
Why?
To apply God’s wisdom to daily life.
For whom?
Israelites (The Jewish People).
Word Studies
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant | נֹעַם
nōʿam
Pronunciation: no'-am
Definition:
- Kindness, beauty, favor
- Delightfulness
- pleasantness
Translations:
- beauty 4x
- pleasant 2x
- pleasantness 1x
Words | אֵמֶר
'ēmer
Pronunciation: ay'-mer
Definition:
- utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command
Translations:
- words 43x
- speeches 2x
- sayings 2x
- answer 1x
Soul | נֶפֶשׁ
nep̄eš
Pronunciation: neh'-fesh
Definition:
- soul, self, life, emotion, passion
- that which breathes, the inner being of man
- seat of emotions and passions
Translations:
- soul 475x
- life 117x
- person 29x
- mind 15x
Health | מַרְפֵּא
marpē'
Pronunciation: mar-pay'
Definition:
- health, cure
- health, profit, sound (of mind)
- healing
Translations:
- health 5x
- healing 3x
- remedy 3x
- cure 1x
Bones | עֶצֶם
ʿeṣem
Pronunciation: eh'tsem
Definition:
- bone, essence, substance
- body, limbs, members
- substance, self
Translations:
- bone 104x
- selfsame 11x
- body 2x
Paraphrase
[Delightful] [promises] are as an honeycomb, sweet to the [inner being of man], and [healing] to the [body, self]. Proverbs 16:24
Bible Cross References
Proverbs 24:13-14
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: So 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.
Psalm 119:103
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Jeremiah 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.
Reflections
About God
About Self
