Proverbs 25:12 - Revised Standard Version

¹² Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Like an earring or nose ring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise reprover to an ear that listens and obeys.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Common English Bible

¹² Wise correction to an ear that listens is like a gold earring or jewelry of fine gold.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Whoever reproves the wise and obedient ear is like an earring of gold with a shining pearl.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² As an earring of gold and a bright pearl, so is he that reproveth the wise, and the obedient ear.

Proverbs 25:12 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:24

“Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you daintily in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

Job 28:17

Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

Job 42:11

Then came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and ate bread with him in his house; and they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him; and each of them gave him a piece of money and a ring of gold.

Psalm 141:5

Let a good man strike or rebuke me in kindness, but let the oil of the wicked never anoint my head; for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.

Exodus 32:2

And Aaron said to them, “Take off the rings of gold which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.”

Exodus 35:22

So they came, both men and women; all who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to the Lord.

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who heeds admonition is prudent.

Proverbs 20:12

The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both.

Proverbs 9:8

Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.

Ezekiel 16:12

And I put a ring on your nose, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.

Matthew 12:35

The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.