Proverbs 25:12
When a wise person rebukes/warns someone [SYN] who is willing to listen, that is as valuable as [SIM] a gold ring or a gold chain.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:31When that happens, you will be glad that you did not kill any people in Nabal’s household. You will not think that you deserve to be punished for having taken revenge yourself and killed innocent people. And when Yahweh enables you to successfully become the king, please do not forget to be kind to me.”
Psalms 141:5It is all right if righteous people strike/hit me or rebuke me because they are trying to act kindly toward me to teach me to do what is right, but I do not want wicked people to honor me by anointing my head with olive oil; I am always praying that you will punish them because of the wicked deeds that they do.
Proverbs 9:8Do not rebuke someone who will not allow others to ◄correct him/tell him what he has done is wrong►, because he will hate you for doing that. But if you rebuke a wise person, he will respect you.
Proverbs 15:31If people pay attention when people correct/warn them, they will become wise.
Proverbs 27:5It is better to correct someone openly than to show that you l don’t love that person by not correcting him.
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 →