¹² It is ·better [safer] to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than to meet a fool doing foolish things.

¹² A wise ·warning [correction] to ·someone who will listen [^La listening ear]
is as valuable as gold earrings or fine gold jewelry.

¹⁷ As iron sharpens iron,
so people ·can improve each other [sharpen their friends].

²³ Those who correct others will later ·be liked [find favor]
more than those who ·give false praise [^Lhave a flattering tongue].