an ear-ring
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_18 42:11
All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances came to his house and dined with him in his house. They offered him sympathy and comfort concerning all the adversity the LORD had brought on him. Each one gave him a qesitah, and a gold earring.
a wise
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 1:8
Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and don't reject your mother's teaching,
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 1:9
for they will be a garland of grace on your head and a [gold] chain around your neck.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 9:8
Don't rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 15:5
A fool despises his father's instruction, but a person who heeds correction is sensible.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 15:31
An ear that listens to life-giving rebukes will be at home among the wise.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 15:32
Anyone who ignores instruction despises himself, but whoever listens to correction acquires good sense.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 27:5
Better an open reprimand than concealed love.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 27:6
The wounds of a friend are trustworthy, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_9 25:31-34
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there will not be remorse or a troubled conscience for my lord because of needless bloodshed or my lord's revenge. And when the LORD does good things for my lord, may you remember [me] your servant."
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Then David said to Abigail, "Praise to the LORD God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today!
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Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you. Today you kept me from participating in bloodshed and avenging myself by my own hand.
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Otherwise, as surely as the LORD God of Israel lives, who prevented me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, Nabal wouldn't have had any men left by morning light."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_19 141:5
Let the righteous one strike me-- it is [an act of] faithful love; let him rebuke me-- it is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. Even now my prayer is against the evil acts of the wicked.