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Proverbs 16:24

Words and speechComfortSickness and healingLove for others

22 Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.

23 The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

26 A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.

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BSB
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
KJV
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
WEB
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
ASV
Pleasant words are [as] a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
DARBY
Pleasant words are [as] a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones.
BLB
Words of pleasantness [are] a comb of honey—sweet to the soul and healing to the bone.
ÅB
Milde ord er kostelig honning, søt for sjelen og en legedom for kroppen.
OTB
Behagelige ord er som en honningkake, søte for sjelen og helbredende for benene.
B1930
Milde ord er kostelig honning, søt for sjelen og en lægedom for kroppen.

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