Proverbs 25:10-15
infamy <01681> [thine.]
word <01697> [word.]
spoken <0212 01696> [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.
earring <05141> [an ear-ring.]
wise <02450> [a wise.]
boasts <01984> [boasteth.]
gift not given <04991 08267> [of a false gift. Heb. in a gift of falsehood.]
patience <0753> [long.]
bone <01634> [the bone.]
Rather, "a bone;" that is, soft and conciliating language will often accomplish the most difficult things.
