Proverbs 16:24
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24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
Proverbs 12:18
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18 Rash words are like sword thrusts,
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.(A)
Proverbs 24:13-14
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13 My child, eat honey, for it is good,
and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.(A)
14 Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
if you find it, you will find a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.(B)
Proverbs 4:22
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22 For they are life to those who find them
and healing to all their flesh.(A)
Proverbs 25:11-12
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11 A word fitly spoken
is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.(A)
12 Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold
is a wise rebuke to a listening ear.(B)
Proverbs 3:8
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8 It will be a healing for your flesh
and a refreshment for your body.(A)
Proverbs 23:16
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16 My soul will rejoice
when your lips speak what is right.
Proverbs 27:9
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9 Perfume and incense make the heart glad,
but the soul is torn by trouble.[a]
Footnotes
- 27.9 Gk: Heb the sweetness of a friend is better than one’s own counsel
Psalm 119:103
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103 How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!(A)
Psalm 19:10
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10 More to be desired are they than gold,
even much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey
and drippings of the honeycomb.(A)
Proverbs 15:26
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26 Evil plans are an abomination to the Lord,
but gracious words are pure.(A)
Jeremiah 15:16
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16 Your words were found, and I ate them,
and your words became to me a joy
and the delight of my heart,
for I am called by your name,
O Lord, God of hosts.(A)
Deuteronomy 32:2
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2 May my teaching drop like the rain,
my speech condense like the dew,
like gentle rain on grass,
like showers on new growth.(A)
John 20:19-21
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Jesus Appears to the Disciples
19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”(A) 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.(B) 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”(C)
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Proverbs 15:23
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23 To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone,
and a word in season, how good it is!(A)
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