Proverbs 25:12 · KJV
“{As} an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, {so is} a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.”
— Proverbs 25:12
A word fitly spoken {is like} apples of gold in pictures of silver. {fitly...: Heb. spoken upon his wheels}
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, {so is} a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
Proverbs 25 — Context
Lest he that heareth {it} put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
11A word fitly spoken {is like} apples of gold in pictures of silver. {fitly...: Heb. spoken upon his wheels}
12{As} an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, {so is} a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
13As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, {so is} a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
14Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift {is like} clouds and wind without rain. {of a...: Heb. in a gift of falsehood}
Cross References
Psalms 141:5
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. {me; it shall be a...: or, me kindly, and reprove me; let not their precious oil break, etc}
Proverbs 15:31-32
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
Proverbs 15:5
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 9:8
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 27:5-6
Open rebuke {is} better than secret love.
Proverbs 1:8-9
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
1 Samuel 25:31-34
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. {no grief: Heb. no staggering, or, stumbling}
Job 42:11
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.