Proverbs 25:12

Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold
Is a wise reprover to a listening ear.

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me;
It is oil upon the head;
Do not let my head refuse it,
For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds.

1 Samuel 25:31-34

this will not cause grief or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord having avenged himself. When the Lord deals well with my lord, then remember your maidservant.”

Job 42:11

Then all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversities that the Lord had brought on him. And each one gave him one piece of money, and each a ring of gold.

Proverbs 1:8-9

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction
And do not forsake 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 rejects his father’s discipline,
But he who regards reproof is sensible.

Proverbs 15:31-32

He whose ear listens to the life-giving reproof
Will dwell among the wise.

Proverbs 20:12

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

Proverbs 27:5-6

Better is open rebuke
Than love that is concealed.

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 all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversities that the Lord had brought on him. And each one gave him one piece of money, and each a ring of gold.

A wise

Proverbs 1:8
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction
And do not forsake 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 rejects his father’s discipline,
But he who regards reproof is sensible.
Proverbs 27:5
Better is open rebuke
Than love that is concealed.
1 Samuel 25:31
this will not cause grief or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord having avenged himself. When the Lord deals well with my lord, then remember your maidservant.”
Psalm 141:5
Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me;
It is oil upon the head;
Do not let my head refuse it,
For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds.

General references

1 Kings 12:8
But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served 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 his learning.
Proverbs 18:20
With the fruit of a man’s mouth his stomach will be satisfied;
He will be satisfied with the product of his lips.