Proverbs 16:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. ”

• Proverbs 16:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Honey took its place not only among the luxuries, but among the medicines of the Israelites. This two-fold use made it all the more suitable to be an emblem both of the true Wisdom which is also tr...

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• Proverbs 16:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms ( Proverbs 16:10-15 ) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular...

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• Proverbs 16:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  words . sayings. Hebrew. 'imrah. App-73. health . healing. Compare Proverbs 6:8 . bones. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, for whole body.

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• Proverbs 16:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Pleasant words are as a honey-comb - The honey of which is sweeter than that which has been expressed from it, and ha...

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• Proverbs 16:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Pleasant words (are as) an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. "Pleasant words" are "words o...

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• Proverbs 16:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1-9. God's control of human life.

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• Proverbs 16:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Pleasant words. — Comp. Proverbs 15:26 . Health to the bones. — Comp. 1 Samuel 14:27 .

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• Proverbs 16:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight...

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• Proverbs 16:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 16:1 . A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr....

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• Proverbs 16:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth tran...

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• Proverbs 16:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb ,.... Jarchi interprets it of the words of the law; but it may be much better understood of the doctrines of the Gospel; such as the doctrines of God's everlasti...

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• Proverbs 16:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Ver. 24. Pleasant words are as a honeycomb. ] Dainty and delicious, such as "the preacher set himself to search ou...

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• Proverbs 16:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Understanding is a well-spring of life A clear understanding and right judgment of things, like an inexhaustible spring, gives perpetual comfort and satisfaction to him who has it, and makes him ve...

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• Proverbs 16:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.       The pleasant words here commended must be those which the heart of the wise teaches, and adds...

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• Proverbs 16:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Pleasant words; the discourses of the wise last mentioned, Proverbs 16:23 , which yield both profit and delight; their wholesome counsels and refreshing comforts. To the bones; to the body, sy...

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• Proverbs 16:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Wise Pass On Their Wisdom Persuasively But Fools Have Nothing To Pass On But Their Folly ( Proverbs 16:22-25 ). In this subsection the reference in Proverbs 16:21 to the idea of possessing a...

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• Proverbs 16:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 16:22 . Instruction , rather “ discipline ,” “ correction .” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 16:22-24 AN UNFAILING SPRING I. Moral intelligence is its own reward . A...

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• Proverbs 16:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 16:1 . The preparations of the heart in man. As the field must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt dispose...

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• Proverbs 16:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. Ideal eloquence These two verses lead us to infer several things concerning true eloquence. I. It is the utterance...

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• Proverbs 16:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 16:1-20 These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name Jehovah. Proverbs 16:1 The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without...

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• Proverbs 16:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 24. Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones; for the spirit of friendliness inspired by love is evident in them, to strengthen the hearer.

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• Proverbs 16:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Deuteronomy 32:2 ; Jeremiah 15:16 ; John 20:19-21 ; Proverbs 12:18 ; Proverbs 15:23 ; Proverbs 15:26 ; Proverbs 23:16 ; Proverbs 24:13 ; Proverbs 24:14 ; Proverbs 25:11 ; Proverbs 25:12 ;...

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