Proverbs 25:11

New English Translation

Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken.

Cross References

Job 4:4

Your words have supported those who stumbled, and you have strengthened the knees that gave way.

Proverbs 15:23

A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time – how good it is!

Proverbs 24:26

Like a kiss on the lips is the one who gives an honest answer.

Proverbs 25:10

lest the one who hears it put you to shame and your infamy will never go away.

Ecclesiastes 12:10

The Teacher sought to find delightful words, and to write accurately truthful sayings.

Isaiah 50:4

The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.

Matthew 12:35

The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.

1 Samuel 25:35

Then David took from her hand what she had brought to him. He said to her, “Go back to your home in peace. Be assured that I have listened to you and responded favorably.”