Proverbs 25:12
As an earring of gold, and a pendant of fine gold, so is a wise reprover toward an ear that listeneth.
Leeser Tanakh
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
11Like apples of gold among figures of silver is a word spoken in a proper manner.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:31That this shall not be unto thee as a cause of offense and as a reproach of heart unto my lord, both by having shed blood without cause, and by my lord having righted himself; and when the Lord will do good unto my lord, then do thou remember thy hand-maid.
Psalms 141:5If the righteous strike me, it is a kindness; and if he reprove me, it is [as] oil poured on the head, my head shall not refuse it; for yet my prayer also [is offered] in their sufferings.
Proverbs 9:8Do not correct a scorner, lest he hate thee: reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 15:31The ear that heareth the admonition of life will ever abide in the midst of the wise.
Proverbs 27:5Better is open reproof than concealed 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 →