Proverbs 25:12

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Psalm 141:5

Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despises his father’s instruction, but whoever heeds reproof 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.

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.

Matthew 12:35

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

Exodus 32:2

So Aaron said to them, “Take off the rings of gold that 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.

2 Samuel 1:24

“You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet, 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 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 on your head.