THEOSISProverbs 25:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
As an earring of gold and a bright pearl, so is he that reproveth the wise, and the obedient ear.
נֶ֣זֶם זָ֭הָב וַחֲלִי־כָ֑תֶם מוֹכִ֥יחַ חָ֝כָ֗ם עַל־אֹ֥זֶן שֹׁמָֽעַת׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 141 (140):5
- Prov 15:31The ear that heareth the reproofs of life, shall abide in the midst of the wise.
- Prov 15:32He that rejecteth instruction, despiseth his own soul: but he that yieldeth to reproof, possesseth understanding.
- Prov 15:5A fool laugheth at the instruction of his father: but he that regardeth reproofs shall become prudent. In abundant justice there is the greatest strength: but the devices of the wicked shall be rooted out.
- Prov 27:5Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
- Prov 27:6Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.
- Prov 1:8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
- Prov 1:9That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.