Verse 12

[ As] an ear-ring{H5141} of gold,{H2091} and an ornament{H2481} of fine gold,{H3800} [So is] a wise{H2450} reprover{H3198} upon an obedient{H8085} ear.{H241}

Referenced Verses

• Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the righteous{H6662} smite{H1986} me, [it shall be] a kindness;{H2617} And let him reprove{H3198} me, [it shall be as] oil{H8081} upon the head;{H7218} Let not my head{H7218} refuse{H5106} it: For even in their wickedness{H7451} shall my prayer{H8605} continue.
• Prov 1:8-9 : 8 My son,{H1121} hear{H8085} the instruction{H4148} of thy father,{H1} And forsake{H5203} not the law{H8451} of thy mother:{H517} 9 For they shall be a chaplet{H3880} of grace{H2580} unto thy head,{H7218} And chains{H6060} about thy neck.{H1621}
• Prov 9:8 : 8 Reprove{H3198} not a scoffer,{H3887} lest he hate{H8130} thee: Reprove{H3198} a wise man,{H2450} and he will love{H157} thee.
• Prov 15:5 : 5 A fool{H191} despiseth{H5006} his father's{H1} correction;{H4148} But he that regardeth{H8104} reproof{H8433} getteth prudence.{H6191}
• Prov 15:31-32 : 31 The ear{H241} that hearkeneth{H8085} to the reproof{H8433} of life{H2416} Shall abide{H3885} among{H7130} the wise.{H2450} 32 He that refuseth{H6544} correction{H4148} despiseth{H3988} his own soul;{H5315} But he that hearkeneth{H8085} to reproof{H8433} getteth{H7069} understanding.{H3820}
• Prov 20:12 : 12 The hearing{H8085} ear,{H241} and the seeing{H7200} eye,{H5869} Jehovah{H3068} hath made{H6213} even both{H8147} of them.
• Prov 27:5-6 : 5 Better{H2896} is open{H1540} rebuke{H8433} Than love{H160} that is hidden.{H5641} 6 Faithful{H539} are the wounds{H6482} of a friend;{H157} But the kisses{H5390} of an enemy{H8130} are profuse.{H6280}
• 1 Sam 25:31-34 : 31 that this shall be no grief{H6330} unto thee, nor offence{H4383} of heart{H3820} unto my lord,{H113} either that thou hast shed{H8210} blood{H1818} without cause,{H2600} or that my lord{H113} hath avenged{H3467} himself. And when Jehovah{H3068} shall have dealt well{H3190} with my lord,{H113} then remember{H2142} thy handmaid.{H519} 32 And David{H1732} said{H559} to Abigail,{H26} Blessed{H1288} be Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} who sent{H7971} thee this day{H3117} to meet{H7125} me: 33 and blessed{H1288} be thy discretion,{H2940} and blessed{H1288} be thou, that hast kept{H3607} me this day{H3117} from{H935} bloodguiltiness,{H1818} and from avenging{H3467} myself with mine own hand.{H3027} 34 For in very deed,{H199} as Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} liveth,{H2416} who hath withholden{H4513} me from hurting{H7489} thee, except{H3884} thou hadst hasted{H4116} and come{H935} to meet{H7125} me, surely there had not been left{H3498} unto Nabal{H5037} by the morning{H1242} light{H216} so much as one {H8366} man-child.{H7023}
• Job 42:11 : 11 Then came{H935} there unto him all his brethren,{H251} and all his sisters,{H269} and all they that had been of his acquaintance{H3045} before,{H6440} and did eat{H398} bread{H3899} with him in his house:{H1004} and they bemoaned{H5110} him, and comforted{H5162} him concerning all the evil{H7451} that Jehovah{H3068} had brought{H935} upon him: every man{H376} also gave{H5414} him a{H259} piece of money,{H7192} and every one{H376} a{H259} ring of gold.{H2091}