Font Size
Proverbs 17:12
English Standard Version
Proverbs 17:12
English Standard Version
Proverbs 17:12
Common English Bible
Proverbs 17:12
Common English Bible
12 Safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than fools in their folly.
Proverbs 25:12
English Standard Version
Proverbs 25:12
English Standard Version
Proverbs 25:12
Common English Bible
Proverbs 25:12
Common English Bible
12 Wise correction to an ear that listens
is like a gold earring or jewelry of fine gold.
Proverbs 27:17
English Standard Version
Proverbs 27:17
English Standard Version
17 Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:17 Hebrew sharpens the face of another
Proverbs 27:17
Common English Bible
Proverbs 27:17
Common English Bible
17 As iron sharpens iron,
so one person sharpens a friend.
Proverbs 28:23
English Standard Version
Proverbs 28:23
English Standard Version
Proverbs 28:23
Common English Bible
Proverbs 28:23
Common English Bible
23 Those who correct someone will, in the end, find more favor
than those with flattering tongues.
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
Common English Bible (CEB)
Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible