Proverbs 25:12

Tree of Life Version

Like a gold earring or a gold ornament is a wise reproof to a receptive ear.

Cross References

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous strike me— it is kindness. Let him correct me— it is oil on my head —my head will not refuse it. Yet still my prayer is against their wickedness.

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despises his father’s discipline, but one who accepts reproof is smart.

Proverbs 20:12

Ears that hear and eyes that see— Adonai has made them both.

Proverbs 9:8

Do not correct a scoffer or he will hate you. Rebuke a wise man and he will love you.

Job 42:11

Then all his brothers, all his sisters and everyone who had known him before, came to him and ate bread with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him for all the calamity that Adonai had brought upon him. Each of them gave him a piece of money and a gold ring.

Matthew 12:35

The good man from his good treasury brings forth good, and the evil man from his evil treasury brings forth evil.

Exodus 32:2

So Aaron said to them, “Break off the golden rings 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, everyone whose heart compelled him, and brought nose rings, earrings, signet rings, bracelets, and all kinds of golden jewels—everyone who brought a wave offering of gold to Adonai.

2 Samuel 1:24

Daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and finery, who put ornaments of gold on your clothes.

Job 28:17

Neither gold or crystal can compare with it, nor vessels of fine gold exchanged for it.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

Better to hear a rebuke from the wise than to listen to the song of fools.

Ezekiel 16:12

I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears and a crown of glory on your head.