Proverbs 25:11
To speak a word in due time, is like apples of gold on beds of silver.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
In Context
12As an earring of gold and a bright pearl, so is he that reproveth the wise, and the obedient ear.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:35And David received at her hand all that she had brought him, and said to her: Go in peace into thy house, behold I have heard thy voice, and have honoured thy face.
Proverbs 15:23A man rejoiceth in the sentence of his mouth: and a word in due time is best.
Ecclesiastes 12:10He sought profitable words, and wrote words most right, and full of truth.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:9-11
8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. 9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another: 10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away. I. Here is good counsel given about going to law:—1. "Be not hasty in bringing an action, before thou hast thyself considered it, and consulted with thy friends about it: Go not forth hastily to strive; do not send for a writ in… Read the whole commentary →