12 Let a (A)person meet a (B)bear robbed of her cubs,
Rather than a fool in his foolishness.

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12 Let a man meet (A)a she-bear robbed of her cubs
    (B)rather than a fool in his folly.

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12 Like [a]an (A)earring of gold and a (B)jewelry piece of (C)fine gold,
Is a wise person who offers rebukes to a (D)listening ear.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:12 Or a nose ring

12 Like (A)a gold ring or an ornament of gold
    is a wise reprover to (B)a listening ear.

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17 As iron sharpens iron,
So one person sharpens another.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:17 Hebrew sharpens the face of another

23 One who (A)rebukes a person will afterward find more favor
Than one who (B)flatters with the tongue.

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23 Whoever (A)rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
    than (B)he who flatters with his tongue.

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