Proverbs 16:24

I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.

For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.

Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can’t save? Yet you, Yahweh, are in the middle of us, and we are called by your name. Don’t leave us.

After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.

I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

He said to me, “Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and fill your bowels with this scroll that I give you.” Then I ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”

His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened.

He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man’s hands shall be rewarded to him.

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. He said to me, “Take it, and eat it. It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”

He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, “Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed.

Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.

An arm of flesh is with him, but Yahweh our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

They are more to be desired than gold, yes, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.

My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,

How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.

For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.

Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.

The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

and Yahweh will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.

You will see it, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones will flourish like the tender grass. Yahweh’s hand will be known among his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.

“Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, your God; for he gives you the early rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the early rain and the latter rain, as before.

The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples, like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass, that don’t wait for man, nor wait for the sons of men.

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”

It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron’s beard, that came down on the edge of his robes,

It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.

She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth.

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, the fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices!

But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb.

There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

She opens her mouth with wisdom. Kind instruction is on her tongue.

Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

Your mouth is like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.

I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth. When I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.