Proverbs 17:12

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

A bereaved bear meeting with a, man, and not a fool in his folly.

Cross References

Hosea 13:8

I will fall upon them as a bear bereaved, and I will rend the enclosure of their heart, and devour them there as a lion: the beast of the field shall cleave them asunder.

2 Samuel 17:8

And Hushai will say, Thou knewest thy father and his men that they are mighty, and they bitter of soul as a bear bereaved of offspring in the field: and thy father a man of war, and he will not lodge with the people.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, seeing he was deluded by the magi, was very angry, and having sent, destroyed all the children which in Bethlehem, and in all its bounds, from two years and under, according to the time he examined thoroughly of the magi.

Proverbs 28:15

A roaring lion and a greedy bear the unjust one ruling over a poor people.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy and sand a burden, and the wrath of the foolish one heavy more than they two.

2 Kings 2:24

And he will turn behind him and see them, and he will curse them in the name of Jehovah. And, two she-bears will come forth from the forest and will rend of them forty and two children.

Proverbs 17:11

An evil one will seek only contradiction.: and a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

Proverbs 29:9

A wise man contending with a foolish man and raging and laughing, and no rest.