Focused Passage

Proverbs 25:11

Wisdom Before Kings: Hidden Matters, Fitting Words, Faithful Messengers, Enemies, Restraint, and Self-Control

The chapter moves from the historical introduction and royal wisdom, to humility and restraint before kings, to disputes and fitting speech, to faithful and unfaithful communication, to patience and neighborly limits, to mercy toward enemies, and finally to warnings about slander, quarrels, compromise, excess, and the necessity of self-control.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

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Verse 11

Original words

A wordדָּ֝בָ֗רH1697Noun - masculine singularvvvעַל־H5921Prepositionfitlyאָפְנָֽיו׃H655Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularspokenדָּבֻ֥רH1696Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular[is like] applesתַּפּוּחֵ֣יH8598Noun - masculine plural constructof goldזָ֭הָבH2091Noun - masculine singularin settingsבְּמַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹתH4906Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural constructof silverכָּ֑סֶףH3701Noun - masculine singular

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