Some prefer the margin, and render, words of pleasantness are pure. Gracious words are to God as a pure acceptable offering, the similitude being taken from the Levitical ritual, and the word “pure” in half ceremonial sense (compare Malachi 1:11).
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Proverbs 15:26
26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasantd words.