◄ Proverbs 25:11 ►
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Good News Translation
An idea well-expressed is like a design of gold, set in silver.

New Revised Standard Version
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.

Contemporary English Version
The right word at the right time is like precious gold set in silver.

New American Bible
Golden apples in silver settings are words spoken at the proper time.

Douay-Rheims Bible
To speak a word in due time, is like apples of gold on beds of silver.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

To speak a word in due time, is like apples of gold on beds of silver.

word

Proverbs 15:23 A man rejoiceth in the sentence of his mouth: and a word in due time is best.

Proverbs 24:26 He shall kiss the lips, who answereth right words.

Ecclesiastes 12:10 He sought profitable words, and wrote words most right, and full of truth.

Isaiah 50:4 The Lord hath given me a learned tongue, that I should know how to uphold by word him that is weary: he wakeneth in the morning, in the morning he wakeneth my ear, that I may hear him as a master.

Context
More Proverbs of Solomon
…10Lest he insult over thee, when he hath heard it, and cease not to upbraid thee. Grace and friendship deliver a man: keep these for thyself, lest thou fall under reproach. 11To speak a word in due time, is like apples of gold on beds of silver.12As an earring of gold and a bright pearl, so is he that reproveth the wise, and the obedient ear.…
Cross References
Matthew 12:35
A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of an evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

Proverbs 15:23
A man rejoiceth in the sentence of his mouth: and a word in due time is best.

Proverbs 25:10
Lest he insult over thee, when he hath heard it, and cease not to upbraid thee. Grace and friendship deliver a man: keep these for thyself, lest thou fall under reproach.

Proverbs 25:10
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