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 true obedience, and of the “pleasant words” in which that Wisdom speaks.
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Proverbs 16:24
24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.