Proverbs 25:12
An ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, is a wise reprover upon an attentive ear.
Darby Translation
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
11[As] apples of gold in pictures of silver, is a word spoken in season.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:31that this shall be no stumbling-block to thee, nor offence of heart for my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. And when Jehovah shall deal well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.
Psalms 141:5Let the righteous smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is [for them] in their calamities.
Proverbs 9:8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee.
Proverbs 15:31The ear that heareth the reproof of life shall abide among the wise.
Proverbs 27:5Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
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 →