Proverbs 25:11

Bishops' Bible (1568)

A worde spoken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of siluer.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:23 : 23 A ioyfull thing it is to a man whe his counsayle is folowed: and howe good is a worde spoken in season.
  • Prov 24:26 : 26 Euery man shall kisse his lippes that geueth a good aunswere.
  • Eccl 12:10 : 10 His diligence was to finde out acceptable wordes, right scripture, & the wordes of trueth.
  • Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lorde God hath geuen me a well learned tongue, so that I can comfort them that are troubled, yea & that in due season: he wakeneth mine eare vp betymes in the mornyng, betymes in the mornyng I say he wyll waken mine eare, that I might hearke as to the schoolemaisters.

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    12Who so reproueth a wyse man that hath an obedient eare, is as a golden earring, and an ornament of fine golde.

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    23A ioyfull thing it is to a man whe his counsayle is folowed: and howe good is a worde spoken in season.

  • Prov 16:23-24
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    23A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes.

    24Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of the bones.

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    15There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lippes of knowledge are a precious iewell.

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    19Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse.

    20The tongue of the iust man is as tried siluer: but the heart of the vngodly is a thyng of naught.

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    18For it is a pleasaunt thing if thou kepe them in thyne heart, and order them in thy lippes:

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  • Job 6:25
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    25How strong are the wordes of trueth? and which of you can rebuke or reproue them?

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    4The wordes of a wyse mans mouth are lyke deepe waters: and the well of wisdome is like a full streame.

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    4A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.

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    22A faire woman without discrete maners, is lyke a ryng of golde in a swines snoute.

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    13Ryghteous lippes are pleasaunt vnto kynges, and them that speaketh the trueth shall he loue.

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    21As is the fining pot for the siluer, and the furnace for golde: so is a man tryed by the mouth of him that prayseth him.

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