Pleasant Speech (Proverbs 16:24)

Peace, ease and comfort are always present when words are soft.

"Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the mind and healing to the body." Proverbs 16:24, Amplified

There is a time and place for harsh words and there is a time and place for words of comfort. In the Bible we find this verse, "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down and a time to build up; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace." (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 3 & 8, NKJV) The words of Jesus were not always pleasant, they were harsh when they needed to be. There is an old saying that you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. We, as Christians, need to keep in mind the appropriateness of pleasant words. While dying on the cross, Jesus never uttered a word of contempt. As one thief reviled Him, He never opened His mouth to condemn him.