12 Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs(A)
than a fool in his foolishness.

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

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12 A wise correction to a receptive ear(A)
is like a gold ring or an ornament of gold.

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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 Lit and a man sharpens his friend’s face

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

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23 One who rebukes a person will later find more favor(A)
than one who flatters[a] with his tongue.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:23 Lit is smooth

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

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