Proverbs 25:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

[As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the righteous smite me; [it shall be] a kindness: and let him reprove me; [it shall be] an excellent oil, [which] shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their calamities.
  • Prov 1:8-9 : 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 9 For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
  • Prov 9:8 : 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 ¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
  • Prov 15:31-32 : 31 ¶ The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. 32 ¶ He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
  • Prov 20:12 : 12 ¶ The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
  • Prov 27:5-6 : 5 ¶ Open rebuke [is] better than secret love. 6 Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.
  • 1 Sam 25:31-34 : 31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid. 32 ¶ And David said to Abigail, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: 33 And blessed [be] thy advice, and blessed [be] thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to [shed] blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. 34 For in very deed, [as] the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
  • Job 42:11 : 11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

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