Proverbs 25:12
Who so reproueth a wyse man that hath an obedient eare, is as a golden earring, and an ornament of fine golde.
Bible (Bishops')
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 worde spoken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of siluer.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:8Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe thee euyll will: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wyll loue thee.
Proverbs 15:31The eare that hearkeneth to the refourmation of lyfe, shall dwell among the wyse.
Proverbs 27:5Open rebuke, is better then secrete loue.
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 →