Proverbs 25:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise rebuke 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.

Proverbs 25:12 Cross References

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous strike me; let the faithful correct me. Never let the oil of the wicked anoint my head, for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despises a parent’s instruction, but the one 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 rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you; rebuke the wise, and he will love you.

Job 42:11

Then there came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they ate bread with him in his house; 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 gold ring.

Matthew 12:35

The good person brings good things out of a good treasure, and the evil person brings evil things out of an evil treasure.

Exodus 32:2

Aaron said to them, “Take off the gold rings that are on 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 pendants, all sorts of gold objects, everyone bringing an offering of gold to the Lord.

2 Samuel 1:24

O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you with crimson, in luxury, who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.

Job 28:17

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

Ecclesiastes 7:5

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

Ezekiel 16:12

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