Proverbs 25:12
As an earring of gold and a bright pearl, so is he that reproveth the wise, and the obedient ear.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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
11To speak a word in due time, is like apples of gold on beds of silver.
Cross References
Psalms 141:5I looked on my right hand, and beheld, and there was no one that would know me. Flight hath failed me: and there is no one that hath regard to my soul.
Proverbs 9:8Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 15:31The ear that heareth the reproofs of life, shall abide in the midst of 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 →