Proverbs 25:12

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

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.

1 Samuel 25:31-34

my lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause or for my lord taking vengeance himself. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant."

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.

Proverbs 1:8-9

Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching,

Proverbs 9:8

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

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.

Proverbs 15:31-32

The ear that listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.

Proverbs 20:12

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

Proverbs 27:5-6

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

An ear-ring

Bible References

An ear-ring

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.

A wise

Proverbs 1:8
Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching,
Proverbs 9:8
Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
Proverbs 15:5
A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 27:5
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
1 Samuel 25:31
my lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause or for my lord taking vengeance himself. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant."
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.

General references

1 Kings 12:8
But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.
Psalm 37:30
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Proverbs 9:9
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 18:20
From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.

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