Proverbs 17:12

Lexham English Bible

¹²May a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring
and not a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 17:12

Common English Bible

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

¹²A ring of gold and an ornament of fine gold
is a rebuke of the wise to the ear of a listener.

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

¹⁷As iron sharpens^[a] iron,
so one man sharpens another.^[b]

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

²³He who rebukes a person will afterward find more favor
than he who flatters with the tongue.

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

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Common English Bible (CEB)