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Proverbs 25

Prov. 25:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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As an earring
nexem (Hebrew #5141)
a nose-ring
KJV usage: earring, jewel.
Pronounce: neh'-zem
Origin: from an unused root of uncertain meaning
of gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
, and an ornament
chaliy (Hebrew #2481)
a trinket (as polished)
KJV usage: jewel, ornament.
Pronounce: khal-ee'
Origin: from 2470
h of fine gold
kethem (Hebrew #3800)
properly, something carved out, i.e. ore; hence, gold (pure as originally mined)
KJV usage: ((most) fine, pure) gold(-en wedge).
Pronounce: keh'-them
Origin: from 3799
, so is a wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
reprover
yakach (Hebrew #3198)
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
KJV usage: appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
Pronounce: yaw-kahh'
Origin: a primitive root
upon an obedient
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
ear
'ozen (Hebrew #241)
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
KJV usage: + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show.
Pronounce: o'-zen
Origin: from 238
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Ear-Ring,
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Ministry on This Verse

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an ear-ring.
Job 42:11• 11And all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house, and they condoled with him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him; and every one gave him a piece of money, and every one a golden ring. (Job 42:11)
a wise.
Prov. 1:8‑9• 8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
 9for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. (Prov. 1:8‑9)
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Prov. 9:8• 8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee. (Prov. 9:8)
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Prov. 15:5,31‑32• 5A fool despiseth his father's instruction; but he that regardeth reproof becometh prudent.
 31The ear that heareth the reproof of life shall abide among the wise.
 32He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul; but he that heareth reproof getteth sense. (Prov. 15:5,31‑32)
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Prov. 27:5‑6• 5Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
 6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse. (Prov. 27:5‑6)
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1 Sam. 25:31‑34• 31that this shall be no stumbling-block to thee, nor offence of heart for my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. And when Jehovah shall deal well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.
 32And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me.
 33And blessed be thy discernment, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me this day from coming with bloodshed, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
 34But indeed, as Jehovah the God of Israel liveth, who has restrained me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light any male. (1 Sam. 25:31‑34)
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Psa. 141:5• 5Let the righteous smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is for them in their calamities. (Psa. 141:5)
• A rebuke kindly administered by a wise man should, in place of a rousing indignation, be esteemed as of greater value than a costly present. Such were the words of Oded the prophet to the host of Judah, and we find them acted upon as a message from God (2 Chron. 28:9-15). (“Proverbs Twenty-Five” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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An ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, is a wise reprover upon an attentive ear.