Proverbs 25:11 KJV
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Proverbs 25:11, King James Version
In context
10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 15:23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
- Isaiah 50:4 The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
- Ecclesiastes 12:10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.