Proverbs 25:12 (BSB)

Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.

From Proverbs 25. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 25:12

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 25:11-12: Solomon here shows how much it becomes a man, 1. To speak pertinently: A word upon the wheels, that runs well, is well-circumstanced, in proper time and place - instruction, advice, or comfort, given seasonably, and in apt expressions, adapted to the case of the person spoken to and agreeing with the character of the person speaking - is like golden balls resembling apples, or...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 25:12: 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, and especially when any jewels are upon it; which may be meant by the ornament, as the word is rendered, Sol 7:1; so is a wise reprover upon an...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 25:12: Those who desire to know and do rightly, most highly esteem good counsel (Pro 9:9; Pro 15:31). The listening ear is better than one hung with gold.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 25:12: Pro 25:12 Another proverb continues the commendation of the effective word; for it represents, in emblem, the interchangeable relation of speaker and hearer: A golden earring and an ornament of fine gold - A wise preacher to an ear that heareth;i.e., as the former two ornaments form a beautiful ensemble, so the latter two, the wise preacher of morality and an attentive ear, form a...