Proverbs 25:11

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:23 : 23 ¶ A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word [spoken] in due season, how good [is it]!
  • Prov 24:26 : 26 [Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answer.
  • Eccl 12:10 : 10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and [that which was] written [was] upright, [even] words of truth.
  • Isa 50:4 : 4 ¶ The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to [him that is] weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

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