Proverbs 25:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, `Is' the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 141:5 : 5 The righteous doth beat me `in' kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer `is' about their vexations.
  • Prov 1:8-9 : 8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother, 9 For a graceful wreath `are' they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.
  • Prov 9:8 : 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.
  • Prov 15:31-32 : 31 An ear that is hearing the reproof of life Doth lodge among the wise. 32 Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.
  • Prov 20:12 : 12 A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
  • Prov 27:5-6 : 5 Better `is' open reproof than hidden love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.
  • 1 Sam 25:31-34 : 31 that this is not to thee for a stumbling-block, and for an offence of heart to my lord -- either to shed blood for nought, or my lord's restraining himself; and Jehovah hath done good to my lord, and thou hast remembered thy handmaid.' 32 And David saith to Abigail, `Blessed `is' Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath sent thee this day to meet me, 33 and blessed `is' thy discretion, and blessed `art' thou in that thou hast restrained me this day from coming in with blood, and to restrain my hand to myself. 34 And yet, Jehovah liveth, God of Israel, who hath kept me back from doing evil with thee, for unless thou hadst hasted, and dost come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal till the light of the morning, of those sitting on the wall.'
  • Job 42:11 : 11 And come unto him do all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintances, and they eat bread with him in his house, and bemoan him, and comfort him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him, and they gave to him each one kesitah, and each one ring of gold.

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