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Proverbs 25:12
12A wise correction to a receptive ear is like a gold ring or an ornament of gold.
Proverbs 25:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
- New International Version (NIV)Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold Is a wise rebuker to an obedient ear.
Context of Proverbs 25:12
10otherwise, the one who hears will disgrace you, and you’ll never live it down. 11A word spoken at the right time is like gold apples in silver settings. A wise correction to a receptive ear is like a gold ring or an ornament of gold. 13To those who send him, a trustworthy envoy is like the coolness of snow on a harvest day; he refreshes the life of his masters. 14The one who boasts about a gift that does not exist is like clouds and wind without rain.
Read all of Proverbs 25Proverbs 25:12 word by word
נֶ֣זֶם זָ֭הָב וַחֲלִי־כָ֑תֶם מוֹכִ֥יחַ חָ֝כָ֗ם עַל־אֹ֥זֶן שֹׁמָֽעַת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 25:12
- Job 42:11All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances came to him and dined with him in his house. They sympathized with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the Lord had brought on him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold earring.
- Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,
- Proverbs 9:8Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke the wise, and he will love you.
- Proverbs 15:5A fool despises his father’s discipline, but a person who accepts correction is sensible.
- Proverbs 27:5Better an open reprimand than concealed love.
- 1 Samuel 25:31there will not be remorse or a troubled conscience for my lord because of needless bloodshed or my lord’s revenge. And when the Lord does good things for my lord, may you remember me your servant.”
- Psalms 141:5Let the righteous one strike me — it is an act of faithful love; let him rebuke me — it is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. Even now my prayer is against the evil acts of the wicked.
Commentaries on Proverbs 25:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12As an ear-ring of gold - I believe נזם nezem to mean the nose-ring with its pendants; the left nostril is pierced, and a ring put through it, as in the ear. This is very common in almost every part of the East, among women of condition. This is a farther illustration of the above metaphor.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12The theme of this proverb being the same as that of Proverbs 25:11, its occurrence suggests the thought that rings used as ornaments for ears, or nose, or forehead, and other trinkets formed part of the works of art spoken of in the foregoing note, and that the king had something at once pointed and wise to say of each of them.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-12Verses 11-12 A word of counsel, or reproof, rightly spoken, is especially beautiful, as fine fruit becomes still more beautiful in silver baskets.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12Timely advice and valid criticism are valuable, beautiful, and rare (see also Proverbs 15:23; 26:7, 9). We should welcome them (see Proverbs 10:17; 13:1, 10; 15:24, 31–32; 17:10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Those who desire to know and do rightly, most highly esteem good counsel (Pr 9:9; 15:31). The listening ear is better than one hung with gold.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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