12 Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs(A)
than a fool in his foolishness.

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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 wise correction to a receptive ear(A)
is like a gold ring or an ornament of gold.

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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 Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:17 Lit and a man sharpens his friend’s face

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

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

23 One who rebukes a person will later find more favor(A)
than one who flatters[a] with his tongue.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 28:23 Lit is smooth

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

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