Proverbs 25:12
An earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
In Context
11A word fitly spoken is apples of gold in a network of silver.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:31that this shall be no grief to thee, nor offence of heart to my lord, either that thou have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. And when LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid
Psalms 141:5Let a righteous man smite me, [as] a kindness. And let him reprove me, [as] oil upon the head. Let not my head refuse it. For even in their wickedness my prayer shall continue.
Proverbs 9:8Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee. Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 15:31The ear that hearkens to the reproof of life shall abide among the wise.
Proverbs 27:5Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:12-13
Instructive Similes. 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. 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… Read the whole commentary →