Proverbs 25:11
A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 15:23 : 23 A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!
- Prov 24:26 : 26 He gives a kiss with his lips who gives a right answer.
- Eccl 12:10 : 10 The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.
- Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced:
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