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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

Proverbs 25:12

The theme of this proverb being the same as that of Proverbs 25:11, its occurrence suggests the thought that rings used as ornaments for ears, or nose, or forehead, and other trinkets formed part of the works of art spoken of in the foregoing note, and that the king had something at once pointed and wise to say of each of them.

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See also Proverbs 25:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 25:12. _AS AN EAR-RING OF GOLD_] I believe נזם _nezem_ to mean the _nose-ring_ with its _pendants_; the left nostril is pierced, and a ring put through it, as in the ear. This is very c...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    IV. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON COLLECTED BY THE MEN OF HEZEKIAH CHAPTER 25 Here begin the proverbs which the good king Hezekiah, under the guidance of the Spirit of God, added to this book. “This title...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    FIRST DIVISION. In general character this division shows a resemblance to the Sayings of the Wise, containing a number of quatrains and synthetic couplets, and but few antithetic couplets. PROVERBS...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    OBEDIENT. attentive....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _earring_ Or, _nose-ring_, R.V. marg. See Proverbs 11:22, note....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 25:11-19 11. A word fitly spoken Is like applies of gold in network of silver. 12. As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear....

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. (AS) AN EARRING OF GOLD, AND AN ORNAMENT OF FINE GOLD, (SO IS) A WISE REPROVER UPON AN OBEDIENT EAR...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    COURTS. QUARRELS 1-7. relate to kings and courts....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 25 MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS) (PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Many people do not like correction. These people do not want to know that their actions are wrong. But when someone accepts correction, that person is glad. That person is glad because he will not con...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    נֶ֣זֶם זָ֭הָב וַ חֲלִי ־כָ֑תֶם מֹוכִ֥יחַ חָ֝כ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 26 THE KING "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter. The heaven for height and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    WORDS FITLY SPOKEN Proverbs 25:1-14 This collection of proverbs was made. 250years after the time of Solomon by the scribes of King Hezekiah. The glory of God is too great to be disclosed to the vulg...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We now come to the second collection of the proverbs of Solomon. These, as the title specifically declares, constitute a posthumous collection gathered in the days of Hezekiah. Speaking generally, the...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Bright. Hebrew chali cathem, "an ornament of fine gold," (Montanus; Protestants; Haydock) may probably denote a collar or ring. The eastern nations wore rings fixed at the top of the ears, and under...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to a...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    [AS] AN EARRING OF GOLD, AND AN ORNAMENT OF FINE GOLD,.... As a golden earring, when first put on, gives pain and uneasiness; but, being well hung and fixed, is very ornamental, being of fine gold, an...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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 f...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _As an ear-ring of gold_, &c. That is, highly acceptable, and a great ornament, and not an offence and dishonour, as fools think it; _is a wise reprover_ One who reproves an offender faithfully, and y...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    As an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, a pendant usually worn on the neck, SO IS A WISE REPROVER, one who teaches with wise tact, UPON AN OBEDIENT EAR, that is, the listening ear, ready t...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    TRUE WISDOM THE HIGHEST GOOD OF KINGS AND SUBJECTS....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    In This CHAPTER, forming the first section, necessarily affirms the basic principles of true unity, which is absolutely essential to recovery. For departure is the very breeding-ground of division, -...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    AS AN EARRING OF GOLD, AND AN ORNAMENT OF FINE GOLD; highly acceptable, and a great ornament, and not an offence and dishonour, as fools esteem it; SO IS A WISE REPROVER, that reproves an offender fai...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 25:12 earring H5141 gold H2091 ornament H2481 gold H3800 wise H2450 rebuker H3198 (H8688) obedient H8085

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 25:21; Proverbs 25:22.) The way to turn an enemy into a friend is to act friendly towa...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 25:1. _These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah copied out._ Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs, and a thousand and five songs. 1 Kings 4:32. The supplement to the boo...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 25:12. AN OBEDIENT EAR. Literally “_an ear that heareth_.” PROVERBS 25:13. THE COLD OF SNOW, etc. “The coolness of snow is not that of a fall of snow, which in the time of h...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION VERSE 1-29:27 PART VI. SECOND GREAT COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS, gathered by "the men of Hezekiah," in which wisdom is set forth as the greatest blessing to the king and his subjects...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 25. These proverbs were gathered by Hezekiah when he became king, and they were added to the books of proverbs by Hezekiah's scribes. During the period of Hezekiah's reign, it was a per...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 25:31; Job 42:11; Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 1:9; Proverbs 15:31

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