Apples of Gold
A Word Fitly Spoken — Proverbs 25:11
Proverbs 18:21
July 11, 2026
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Proverbs 18:21 “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”
— Proverbs 18:21
✦ Golden Insight
“The truth at the heart of this verse
A heart’s truest work is done through the instruments of its words.
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✦ Frame of Silver
“The context and setting that shapes its meaning”
Every word is a tool. Every sentence is a stroke. The tongue builds or breaks, heals or harms, lifts or lowers. No word is empty; each one carries the weight of the heart that sent it. Deep waters or a flowing brook — the mouth reveals the source. A fool’s lips destroy him; a wise man’s words give life. The tongue is never neutral. It is always doing work.
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✦ Fruit of Christ
“How this truth bears fruit in a life following Christ”
Christ alone spoke with perfect truth, perfect purity, perfect weight. His words never wounded wrongly and never healed lightly. He bore the destruction our words deserved, so that His Spirit might teach our tongues to bless, to build, to speak life. In Him, the instruments of the soul become instruments of grace.
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“And the truth held firm.”
— Ophel
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