Proverbs 17:12

New Messianic Version Bible

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

Cross References

Hosea 13:8

I will meet them as a bear [that is] bereaved [of her whelps], and will rend (tear apart; forcefully rip apart) the caul (membrane; fatty tissue around a bodily organ) of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

2 Samuel 17:8

For, said Hushai [hasting], youi know youri father and his men, that they [be] mighty men, and they [be] chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and youri father [is] a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod [heroic] saw that the Astronomers had outwitted him and was very displeased. Being grieved at heart, he commanded that word be sent to all his princes to kill all the male children who were in Beit-Lechem [house of bread] and its borders who had been born from the time when the star appeared, which he had determined when the Astronomers spoke to him concerning the birth of the Boy.

Proverbs 28:15

[As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked ruler over the poor people.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath [is] heavier than them both.

2 Kings 2:24

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate). And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

Proverbs 17:11

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

Proverbs 29:9

[If] a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.