"Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."

— Author Unknown

Author

Author Unknown

Work Title

Proverbs [from the King James Bible]

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie
Date
1611
Metaphor
"Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."
Metaphor in Context
24: Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
(Proverbs 16:24)
Categories
Body::Eating and Drinking::Sweetness Animals::Honeycomb
Provenance
Searching KJV at UVA's Electronic Text Center
Citation
See The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: & With the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Reuised, by His Maiesties Speciall Co[m]mandement. Appointed to Be Read in Churches. (Imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie, Anno Dom. 1611). <Link to ESTC><Link to ESTC>

Text from Bible, King James. University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center.
Date of Entry
07/15/2003
Date of Review
03/12/2011

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.