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In the ears of a fool do not speak,
    for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

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Speak not in the hearing of a fool;
For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

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

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12 As [a]an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,
So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:12 Or, a nose-ring

Better a rebuke that is open
    than a love that is hidden.
The wounds of a friend mean well,
    but the kisses of an enemy are profane.

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Better is open rebuke
Than love that is hidden.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:17 Or “is united with”
  2. Proverbs 27:17 Literally “a man sharpens the faces of his friend”

17 Iron sharpeneth iron;
So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

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29 A man who is reproved, being stubborn of neck—
    suddenly he will be broken, and there will not be healing.

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29 He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck
Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

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