Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb,
sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Pleasant words are as a honey-comb - The honey of which is sweeter than that which has been expressed from it, and has a much finer flavor before it has come in contact with the atmospheric air.
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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Annie
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