Proverbs 17:12 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹² 9 He that studieth discords, loveth quarrels: and he that exalteth his door, seeketh ruin.

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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.

Proverbs 17:12 Cross References

2 Samuel 17:8

3 And if he shall enter into any city, all Israel shall cast ropes round about that city, and we will draw it into the river, so that there shall not be found so much as one small stone thereof.

2 Kings 2:24

Now Mesa, king of Moab, nourished many sheep, and he paid to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams with their fleeces.

Proverbs 17:11

8 A foolish man will clap hands, when he is surety for his friend.

Proverbs 27:3

0 Thy own friend, and thy father's friend forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother afar off.

Proverbs 28:15

2 A man, that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him.

Proverbs 29:9

6 When the wicked are multiplied, crimes shall be multiplied: but the just shall see their downfall.

Hosea 13:8

6 Let Samaria perish, because she hath stirred up her God to bitterness: let them perish by the sword, let their little ones be dashed, and let the women with child be ripped up.

Matthew 2:16

AND in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea.