Proverbs 25:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will not let the oil of sinners come on my head: when they do evil I will give myself to prayer.
  • Prov 1:8-9 : 8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother: 9 For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.
  • Prov 9:8 : 8 Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.
  • Prov 15:31-32 : 31 The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise. 32 He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom.
  • Prov 20:12 : 12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.
  • Prov 27:5-6 : 5 Better is open protest than love kept secret. 6 The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.
  • 1 Sam 25:31-34 : 31 Then you will have no cause for grief, and my lord's heart will not be troubled because you have taken life without cause and have yourself given punishment for your wrongs: and when the Lord has been good to you, then give a thought to your servant. 32 And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today: 33 A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs. 34 For truly, by the living Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept me from doing you evil, if you had not been so quick in coming to me and meeting me, by dawn there would not have been in Nabal's house so much as one male living.
  • Job 42:11 : 11 And all his brothers and sisters, and his friends of earlier days, came and took food with him in his house; and made clear their grief for him, and gave him comfort for all the evil which the Lord had sent on him; and they all gave him a bit of money and a gold ring.

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    11 A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver.

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    31 The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.

    32 He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom.

  • Prov 17:10
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    10 A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.

  • Eccl 7:5
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    5 It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

  • Prov 15:5
    73%

    5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

  • Prov 13:18
    72%

    18 Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured.

  • Prov 13:1
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    1 A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

  • Prov 22:17
    71%

    17 Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

  • Prov 25:13
    71%

    13 As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master.

  • Prov 24:25
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    25 But those who say sharp words to him will have delight, and a blessing of good will come on them.

  • Prov 23:12
    71%

    12 Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Job 6:25
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    25 How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?

  • Prov 27:21
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    21 The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.

  • Prov 19:25
    71%

    25 When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.

  • Prov 11:22
    70%

    22 Like a ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman who has no sense.

  • Prov 28:23
    70%

    23 He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.

  • Prov 8:10
    70%

    10 Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.

  • Prov 12:1
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    1 A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.

  • Prov 20:15
    70%

    15 There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.

  • Job 34:3
    70%

    3 For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.

  • Job 36:10
    70%

    10 Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil.

  • Prov 1:5
    70%

    5 (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

  • Prov 3:11-12
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    11 My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

    12 For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

  • Prov 15:1-2
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    70%

    1 By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

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    15 The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

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    11 The words of the wise are pointed, and sayings grouped together are like nails fixed with a hammer; they are given by one guide.

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    9 For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.

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    69%

    23 Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.

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    1 My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:

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    69%

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    8 The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

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    23 A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

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    7 He who gives teaching to a man of pride gets shame for himself; he who says sharp words to a sinner gets a bad name.

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    8 An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.

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    20 Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.

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    68%

    11 When the man of pride undergoes punishment, the simple man gets wisdom; and by watching the wise he gets knowledge.

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    3 In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.