Proverbs 16:24 | Pleasant Words

May 24, 2023

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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

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.