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

Proverbs 25:11

The right words at the right time are a beautiful treasure.

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 16:13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

The wrong words at any time have the opposite affect.

James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

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