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Q. Could you explain what the “apples of gold” and the “pictures of silver” typify in Proverbs 25:11?
A. Let’s first of all notice the context, which is always so important. “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver” (Proverbs 25:11).
Notice the verse has to do with what we say. Apples would typify fruit, and gold is often a picture of divine righteousness. A picture is something that tells a story or conveys a certain image or message. Silver is invariably a symbol of redemption.
So, at least one lesson we learn from this proverb of Solomon is that our words, spoken in the right time and in the right way will produce divine fruit, for the salvation and blessing of those to whom it is spoken.
Fruit for God in our Christian life is the result of the Holy Spirit within us, and when it is displayed on the beautiful picture of redemption, by our words and conversation, it is indeed a beautiful thing, by which others can view that which is true of every believer in Christ. “In whom we have redemption” (Ephesians 1:7). “Made the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).
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