Proverbs 16:24 (BSB)

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

From Proverbs 16. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 16:24

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 16:24: The pleasant words here commended must be those which the heart of the wise teaches, and adds learning to (Pro 16:23), words of seasonable advice, instruction, and comfort, words taken from God's word, for that is it which Solomon had learned from his father to account sweeter than honey and the honey-comb, Psa 19:10. These words, to those that know how to relish them, 1. Are pleasant.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 16:24: Pleasant words are as an honeycomb,.... Jarchi interprets it of the words of the law; but it may be much better understood of the doctrines of the Gospel; such as the doctrines of God's everlasting love, eternal election, the covenant of grace, the person of Christ as God-man; of peace and reconciliation by his blood; of remission of sins through his atoning sacrifice; of justification...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 16:24: (Compare Pro 15:26). Gentle, kind words, by soothing the mind, give the body health.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 16:24: Pro 16:24 24 A honeycomb are pleasant words, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bones. Honeycomb, i.e., honey flowing from the צוּף, the comb or cell (favus), is otherwise designated, Psa 19:11. מתוק, with מרפּא, is neut. אמרי־נעם are, according to Pro 15:26, words which love suggests, and which breathe love.