Proverbs 25:12
As a ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, So is a wise reprover to an attentive ear.
Noyes Bible
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 spoken in season Is like apples of gold in figured-work of silver.
Cross References
Psalms 141:5Let the righteous smite me,—it shall be a kindness; Let him reprove me, and it shall be oil for my head; Let him do it again, and my head shall not refuse it; But now I pray against their wickedness!
Proverbs 9:8Rebuke not a scoffer, lest he hate thee; Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 15:31The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall dwell among the wise.
Proverbs 27:5Better is open rebuke Than love kept concealed.
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 →