Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Proverbs 25:11 in English Standard Version "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver." Pr 15:23 To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is! Isa 50:4 The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.