Proverbs 17:12

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:8

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

2 Kings 2:24

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

Proverbs 17:11

An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

Proverbs 27:3

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

Proverbs 28:15

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

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no shalom.

Hosea 13:8

I 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.

Matthew 2:16

Then 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 Beit-Lechem 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.