Proverbs 17:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs than to confront a fool immersed in folly.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:8

Hushai continued, “You know that your father and his men are warriors and that they are enraged, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the troops.

2 Kings 2:24

When he turned around and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

Proverbs 17:11

Evil people seek only rebellion, but a cruel messenger will be sent against them.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool’s provocation 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 the wise go to law with fools, there is ranting and ridicule without relief.

Hosea 13:8

I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs and will tear open the covering of their heart; there I will devour them like a lion, as a wild animal would mangle them.

Matthew 2:16

When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the magi.