Cross Reference PROVERBS 25:11 A WORD FITLY SPOKEN IS LIKE APPLES OF GOLD IN PICTURES OF SILVER

{Proverbs 25:11} A word 1697 fitly 655 y212 z8675 x5921 spoken 1696 z8803 [is like] apples 8598 of gold 2091 in pictures 4906 of silver. 3701

word:
"A manª hath joyª by the answerª of his mouth:ª and a wordª [spoken] in due season,ª how¹ goodª [is it]!" {Prv 15:23} + "[Every man] shall kissª ° [his] lipsª that givethª ° a rightª answer.ª" {Prv 24:26} + "The preacherª soughtª ° to find outª ° acceptableª words:ª and [that which was] writtenª ° [was] upright,ª [even] wordsª of truth.ª" {Ecc 12:10} + "The Lordª GODª hath givenª ° me the tongueª of the learned,ª that I should knowª ° how to speak² ° a word² in season¹ ¹ to¹ [him that is] weary:ª he wakenethª ° morningª by morning,ª he wakenethª ° mine earª to hearª ° as the learned.ª" {Isa 50:4}

fitly spoken:
Heb. spoken upon his wheels

is like:
Rather "is like golden apples (tappuchim, in Arabic, tuffach), in baskets (maskeeyoth, in Arabic, shakeekat), of silver." A word spoken with propriety, opportunely, and suitably to the occasion, is as much in its place, and as conspicuously beautiful, as the golden fruit which appears through the apertures of an exquisitely wrought silver basket.

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