Proverbs 25:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Job 4:4

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

Proverbs 15:23

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

Proverbs 24:26

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

Proverbs 25:10

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

Ecclesiastes 12:10

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

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.

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.

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.”