Proverbs 25:12

¹⁰ Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

¹¹ A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

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

¹³ As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

¹⁴ Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
KJV: As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
WEB: As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
ASV: [As] an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [So is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
DARBY: An ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, is a wise reprover upon an attentive ear.
BLB: A ring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, [is] a wise one giving rebuke to a listening ear.

ÅB: Som en ring av gull, som et smykke av fint gull er en vismann som taler refsende ord for et hørende øre.
OTB: Som en gullring eller et fint gullsmykke er en klok irettesettelse for et lyttende øre.
B1930: Som en ring av gull, som et smykke av fint gull er en vismann som taler refsende ord for et hørende øre.

Psalms 141:5
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
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Proverbs 15:31–32
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
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Proverbs 9:8
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
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Proverbs 27:5–6
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
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Proverbs 15:5
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
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1 Samuel 25:31–34
That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
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Job 42:11
Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
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Proverbs 1:8–9
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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