Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 25:12
an earring: Job 42:11 a wise: Proverbs 1:8, Proverbs 1:9, Proverbs 9:8, Proverbs 15:5, Proverbs 15:31, Proverbs 15:32, Proverbs 27:5, Proverbs 27:6, 1 Samuel 25:31-Nahum :, Psalms 141:5 Reciprocal: Genesis 20:16 - thus 1 Samuel 25:33 - blessed 2 Samuel 12:13 - I have sinned 1 Kings 12:8 - General 2 Kings 5:14 - went he down 2 Kings 20:14 - What said 2 Chronicles 10:8 - he forsook 2 Chronicles 18:7 - Let not the Ezra 10:5 - arose Job 6:24 - Teach me Proverbs 9:9 - General Proverbs 10:20 -... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 25:12
Proverbs 25:12 [As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. Ver. 12. As an earring of gold, &c. ] Ut in auris aurea, &c. A seasonable word falling upon a tractable ear hath a redoubled grace with it, as an earring of gold, and as an ornament of fine gold, or as a diamond in a diadem. It is a hard and happy thing to "suffer the words of exhortation," to digest a reproof; to say with David, "Let the righteous smite me," &c.; to... read more