Proverbs 25:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

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.

Proverbs 25:12

12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.