Proverbs 17:12

WEB

¹²Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

KJV

¹²Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

BSB

¹²It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

FBV

¹²Better to meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs than a stupid person and their foolishness.

Extra References

Hosea 13:8

⁸I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.

⁸Hushai said moreover, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

Proverbs 28:15

¹⁵As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

Proverbs 27:3

³A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

Matthew 2:16

¹⁶Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.

2 Kings 2:24

²⁴He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the LORD’s name. Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of those youths.