Proverbs 17:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his foolishness.

Cross References

Hosea 13:8

I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs and tear open the rib cage over their hearts. I will devour them there like a lioness, like a wild beast that would rip them open.

2 Samuel 17:8

Hushai continued, ‘You know your father and his men. They are warriors and are desperate like a wild bear robbed of her cubs.  Your father is an experienced soldier who won’t spend the night with the people.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he realised that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.

Proverbs 28:15

A wicked ruler over a helpless people is like a roaring lion or a charging bear.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy, and sand a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.

2 Kings 2:24

He turned around, looked at them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord.  Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the children.

Proverbs 17:11

An evil person desires only rebellion; a cruel messenger  , will be sent against him.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise person goes to court with a fool, there will be ranting and raving but no resolution.  ,