Proverbs 25:11
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 25
“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.”Proverbs 25:11
What Does Proverbs 25:11 Mean?
Proverbs 25:11 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 25, verse 11 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 25:11 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ephesians 4:29“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”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.”Proverbs 15:23“A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!”Proverbs 16:24“Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”Proverbs 12:25“Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.”Ecclesiastes 12:10“The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.”Psalms 37:30“The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.”Proverbs 18:20“A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.”Matthew 12:35“A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.”Proverbs 24:26“Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.”Colossians 4:6“Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”2 Kings 5:14“Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.”Psalms 85:8“I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.”Luke 4:22“And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?”Genesis 41:37“And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.”Judges 8:3“God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.”Ezra 10:5“Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.”Job 6:25“How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?”Proverbs 15:2“The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.”Proverbs 22:18“For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.”
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