Proverbs 25:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Proverbs 25:12 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 141:5
Let 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 15:31-32
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. …
Proverbs 15:5
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 27:5-6
Open rebuke is better than secret love. …
Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

Topics

Courage Expostulation Reproof

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 11-12)

Solomon here shows how much it becomes a man, 1. To speak pertinently: A word upon the wheels, that runs well, is well-circumstanced, in proper time and place—instruction, advice, or comfort, given seasonably, and in apt expressions, adapted to the case of the person spoken to and agreeing with the character of the person speaking— is like golden balls resembling apples, or like true apples of a g…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12. Those who desire to know and do rightly, most highly esteem good counsel (Pr 9:9; 15:31). The listening ear is better than one hung with gold.