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 Safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
    than fools in their folly.

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

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12 Wise correction to an ear that listens
    is like a gold earring or jewelry of fine gold.

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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

17 As iron sharpens iron,
    so one person sharpens a friend.

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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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23 Those who correct someone will, in the end, find more favor
    than those with flattering tongues.

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