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12 May a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring
    and not a fool in his folly.

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12 A ring of gold and an ornament of fine gold
    is a rebuke of the wise to the ear of a listener.

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17 As iron sharpens[a] iron,
    so one man sharpens another.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:17 Or “is united with”
  2. Proverbs 27:17 Literally “a man sharpens the faces of his friend”

23 He who rebukes a person will afterward find more favor
    than he who flatters with the tongue.

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