Proverbs 25:11

Modern English Version

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Cross References

Job 4:4

Your words have raised up him who was falling, and you have fortified the feeble knees.

Proverbs 15:23

A man has joy in the apt reply of his mouth, and a timely word spoken, how good it is!

Proverbs 24:26

He who gives an answer that is right gives a kiss on the lips.

Proverbs 25:10

lest he who hears it puts you to shame, and your ill repute have no end.

Ecclesiastes 12:10

Qoheleth sought to find pleasing words, and to write words of truth plainly.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me the tongue of the learned, that I may know how to sustain him who is weary with a word; He awakens me morning by morning; He awakens my ear to listen as the learned.

Matthew 12:35

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things. And an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

1 Samuel 25:35

So David received from her hand what she had brought him and said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. See, I have obeyed your voice, and have granted your request.”