24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb:(A)
sweet to the taste[a] and health to the body.[b](B)

25 There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.(C)

26 A worker’s appetite works for him
because his hunger[c] urges him on.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:24 Lit throat
  2. Proverbs 16:24 Lit bones
  3. Proverbs 16:26 Lit mouth

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