Proverbs 17:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² Let a bereaved bear meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Let [the brute ferocity of] a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a [self-confident] fool in his folly [when he is in a rage]. [Hos. 13:8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² It is more expedient to meet a bear robbed of her young, than the foolish trusting in his own folly.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.

Proverbs 17:12 Cross References

2 Samuel 17:8

And Ḥushai said, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are as bitter in being as a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. And your father is a man of battle, and would not spend the night with the people.

2 Kings 2:24

And he turned around and looked at them, and pronounced a curse on them in the Name of יהוה. And two female bears came out of the forest and tore to pieces forty-two of the youths.

Proverbs 17:11

An evil one seeks only rebellion, So a cruel messenger is sent against him.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both.

Proverbs 28:15

A roaring lion and a charging bear Is a wrongdoing ruler over poor people.

Proverbs 29:9

When a wise man disputes with a foolish man, Whether he rages or laughs, there is no peace.

Hosea 13:8

like a bear robbed of her young I attack them and rip open the enclosure of their heart. And there I devour them like a lion, a wild beast tear them apart.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herodes, having seen that he was fooled by the Magi, was greatly enraged, and he sent forth and slew all the male children in Bĕyth Leḥem and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learnt from the Magi.