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Proverbs 16:24 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. "
Proverbs 16:24
Verse in Context
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Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth
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Proverbs 16:1
"The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD."
Proverbs 16:2
"All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits."
Proverbs 16:3
"Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain."
Proverbs 16:3
"Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established."
Proverbs 16:4
"The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil."
Proverbs 16:5
"Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished."
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