KJV King James Version
[As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
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Proverbs 25:12
[As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
WEB World English Bible
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
ASV American Standard Version
As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, Is the wise reprover to an attentive ear.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 25
9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour [himself]; and discover not a secret to another:
10 Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
11 A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver.
12 [As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [so is] a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain.
15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
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Psalm 141:5Let the righteous smite me; [it shall be] a kindness: and let him reprove me; [it shall be] an excellent oil, [which] shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their calamities.Proverbs 15:31-32The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.Proverbs 27:5-6Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.Proverbs 9:8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.Proverbs 15:5A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.Job 42:11Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.1 Samuel 25:31-34That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.Proverbs 1:8-9My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:Proverbs 20:12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
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