Proverbs 17:12
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 17:12
American Standard Version
12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,
Rather than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 25:12
New American Standard Bible
12 Like [a]an (A)earring of gold and a (B)jewelry piece of (C)fine gold,
Is a wise person who offers rebukes to a (D)listening ear.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:12 Or a nose ring
Proverbs 25:12
American Standard Version
12 As [a]an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,
So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:12 Or, a nose-ring
Proverbs 27:17
New American Standard Bible
17 As iron sharpens iron,
So one person sharpens another.
Proverbs 27:17
American Standard Version
17 Iron sharpeneth iron;
So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Proverbs 28:23
New American Standard Bible
23 One who (A)rebukes a person will afterward find more favor
Than one who (B)flatters with the tongue.
Proverbs 28:23
American Standard Version
23 He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor
Than he that flattereth with the tongue.
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