⁹ Speak not in the hearing of a fool;
For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

¹² As ^[a]an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,
So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

⁵ Better is open rebuke
Than love that is hidden.
⁶ Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

¹⁷ Iron sharpeneth iron;
So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

29 He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck
Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.