Proverbs 17:12

Modern English Version

Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:8

Moreover, Hushai said, “You know that your father and his men are warriors, and they have been provoked like a bear robbed of her cubs. Your father is a veteran of warfare. He will not spend the night with the people.

2 Kings 2:24

He turned around, saw them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and ripped open forty-two of the boys.

Proverbs 17:11

An evil man seeks only rebellion; so a fierce messenger will be sent against him.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but the wrath of a fool is heavier than both.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man contends with a fool, the fool rages and laughs, and there is no rest.

Hosea 13:8

I will attack them like a bear bereaved of her cubs, and will tear open their rib cage. There I will devour them like a lion, as the wild beast would tear them to pieces.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was utterly furious and sent forth and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and the surrounding region, from two years old and under, based on the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.