Proverbs 16:24-26
New King James Version
24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.
25 There is a way that seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of (A)death.
26 The person who labors, labors for himself,
For his hungry mouth drives (B)him on.
Proverbs 16:24-26
English Standard Version
24 (A)Gracious words are like (B)a honeycomb,
sweetness to the soul and (C)health to the body.
25 There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.[a]
26 A worker's appetite works for him;
his (D)mouth urges him on.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:25 Hebrew ways of death
Proverbs 16:24-26
King James Version
24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
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