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Proverbs 25

Pr. 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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an ear-ring.
a wise.
Pr. 1:8‑9• 8Oye, hijo mío, la doctrina de tu padre, Y no desprecies la dirección de tu madre:
9Porque adorno de gracia serán á tu cabeza, Y collares á tu cuello.
(Pr. 1:8‑9)
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Pr. 9:8• 8No reprendas al escarnecedor, porque no te aborrezca: Corrige al sabio, y te amará. (Pr. 9:8)
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Pr. 15:5,31‑32• 5El necio menosprecia el consejo de su padre: Mas el que guarda la corrección, vendrá á ser cuerdo.
31La oreja que escucha la corrección de vida, Entre los sabios morará.
32El que tiene en poco la disciplina, menosprecia su alma: Mas el que escucha la corrección, tiene entendimiento.
(Pr. 15:5,31‑32)
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Pr. 27:5‑6• 5Mejor es reprensión manifiesta Que amor oculto.
6Fieles son las heridas del que ama; Pero importunos los besos del que aborrece.
(Pr. 27:5‑6)
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1 S. 25:31‑34• 31Entonces, señor mío, no te será esto en tropiezo y turbación de corazón, el que hayas derramado sangre sin causa, ó que mi señor se haya vengado por sí mismo. Guárdese pues mi señor, y cuando Jehová hiciere bien á mi señor, acuérdate de tu sierva.
32Y dijo David á Abigail: Bendito sea Jehová Dios de Israel, que te envió para que hoy me encontrases;
33Y bendito sea tu razonamiento, y bendita tú, que me has estorbado hoy el ir á derramar sangre, y á vengarme por mi propia mano:
34Porque, vive Jehová Dios de Israel que me ha defendido de hacerte mal, que si no te hubieras dado priesa en venirme al encuentro, de aquí á mañana no le quedara á Nabal meante á la pared.
(1 S. 25:31‑34)
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Sal. 141:5• 5Que el justo me castigue, será un favor, Y que me reprenda será un excelente bálsamo. Que no me herirá la cabeza: Así que aun mi oración tendrán en sus calamidades. (Sal. 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.