Proverbs 25:11
Apples of gold in imagery of silver, || [Is] the word spoken at its fit times.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
In Context
10Lest the hearer put you to shame, || And your evil report not turn back.
12A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, || [Is] the wise reprover to an attentive ear.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:35And David receives from her hand that which she has brought to him, and he has said to her, “Go up in peace to your house; see, I have listened to your voice, and accept your face.”
Proverbs 15:23Joy [is] to a man in the answer of his mouth, || And a word in its season—how good!
Ecclesiastes 12:10The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and [that] written [by] the upright—words 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 →