23 A wise heart instructs its mouth
and increases learning with its speech.[a](A)

24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb:(B)
sweet to the taste[b] and health to the body.[c](C)

25 There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:23 Lit learning upon his lips
  2. Proverbs 16:24 Lit throat
  3. Proverbs 16:24 Lit bones

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