(A)Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

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Speak not in the hearing of a fool;
For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

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12 Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold
Is a wise rebuker to an obedient ear.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:12 Or, a nose-ring

(A)Open rebuke is better
Than love carefully concealed.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But the kisses of an enemy are (B)deceitful.

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Better is open rebuke
Than love that is hidden.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

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17 As iron sharpens iron,
So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

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

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Happy Is He Who Keeps the Law

29 He(A) who is often rebuked, and hardens his neck,
Will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

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29 He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck
Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

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