Proverbs 25:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹¹ A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ A word fitly spoken Is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ A word fitly spoken and in due season is like apples of gold in settings of silver. [Prov. 15:23; Isa. 50:4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ A word fitly spoken Is like apples of gold in network of silver.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Words spoken at the right time are like gold apples in a silver setting.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Whoever speaks a word at an opportune time is like apples of gold on beds of silver.

Proverbs 25:11 Cross References

Proverbs 15:23

To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone, and a word in season, how good it is!

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me a trained tongue, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens, wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught.

Ecclesiastes 12:10

The Teacher sought to find pleasing words, and he wrote words of truth plainly.

Proverbs 24:26

One who gives an honest answer gives a kiss on the lips.

Matthew 12:35

The good person brings good things out of a good treasure, and the evil person brings evil things out of an evil treasure.

Proverbs 25:10

or else someone who hears you will bring shame upon you, and your ill repute will have no end.

1 Samuel 25:35

Then David received from her hand what she had brought him; he said to her, “Go up to your house in peace; see, I have heeded your voice, and I have granted your petition.”

Job 4:4

Your words have supported those who were stumbling, and you have made firm the feeble knees.