Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.

The Lord abhors the plans of the wicked, but pleasant words are pure.

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

May our sovereign God extend his favor to us! Make our endeavors successful! Yes, make them successful!

Then I took my staff “Pleasantness” and cut it in two to annul my covenant that I had made with all the people.

So I began to shepherd the flock destined for slaughter, the most afflicted of all the flock. Then I took two staffs, calling one “Pleasantness” and the other “Binders,” and I tended the flock.