"Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."
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My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.
Pleasant words are [as] a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones.
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Pleasant words are as a honey-comb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Sayings of pleasantness `are' a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.