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Proverbs 25:12
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Proverbs 25:12
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12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
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Proverbs 25:12
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Proverbs 25:12
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12 Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold
is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.(A)
Psalm 141:5
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Psalm 141:5
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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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Psalm 141:5
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Psalm 141:5
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Proverbs 15:31-32
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Proverbs 15:31-32
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31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
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Proverbs 15:31-32
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Proverbs 15:31-32
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31 Whoever heeds life-giving correction
will be at home among the wise.(A)
Proverbs 27:5-6
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Proverbs 27:5-6
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5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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Proverbs 27:5-6
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Proverbs 27:5-6
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5 Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
but an enemy multiplies kisses.(A)
Proverbs 15:5
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Proverbs 15:5
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5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
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Proverbs 15:5
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Proverbs 15:5
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5 A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.(A)
Proverbs 20:12
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Proverbs 20:12
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12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.
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Proverbs 20:12
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Proverbs 20:12
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12 Ears that hear and eyes that see—
the Lord has made them both.(A)
Proverbs 9:8
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Proverbs 9:8
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8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
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Proverbs 9:8
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Proverbs 9:8
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Proverbs 1:8-9
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Proverbs 1:8-9
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8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
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Proverbs 1:8-9
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Proverbs 1:8-9
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Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom
Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men
Job 42:11
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Job 42:11
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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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Job 42:11
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Job 42:11
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11 All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before(A) came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the Lord had brought on him,(B) and each one gave him a piece of silver[a] and a gold ring.
Footnotes
- Job 42:11 Hebrew him a kesitah; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.
1 Samuel 25:31-34
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1 Samuel 25:31-34
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31 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.
32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
34 For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
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1 Samuel 25:31-34
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1 Samuel 25:31-34
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31 my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the Lord your God has brought my lord success, remember(A) your servant.”(B)
32 David said to Abigail, “Praise(C) be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me. 33 May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed(D) this day and from avenging myself with my own hands. 34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal(E) would have been left alive by daybreak.”
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