¹² Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,
Rather than a fool in his folly.

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

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

²³ He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor
Than he that flattereth with the tongue.