12 It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to confront a fool caught in foolishness.
12 May a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring and not a fool in his folly.
12 To one who listens, valid criticism is like a gold earring or other gold jewelry.
12 A ring of gold and an ornament of fine gold is a rebuke of the wise to the ear of a listener.
17 As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
17 As iron sharpens[a] iron, so one man sharpens another.[b]
23 In the end, people appreciate honest criticism far more than flattery.
23 He who rebukes a person will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.
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