Proverbs 17:12

The Message

Better to meet a grizzly robbed of her cubs than a fool hellbent on folly.

Cross References

Matthew 2:16

Herod, when he realized that the scholars had tricked him, flew into a rage. He commanded the murder of every little boy two years old and under who lived in Bethlehem and its surrounding hills. (He determined that age from information he’d gotten from the scholars.) That’s when Jeremiah’s revelation was fulfilled: A sound was heard in Ramah, weeping and much lament. Rachel weeping for her children, Rachel refusing all solace, Her children gone, dead and buried.

Proverbs 28:15

Lions roar and bears charge— and the wicked lord it over the poor.

Proverbs 27:3

Carrying a log across your shoulders while you’re hefting a boulder with your arms Is nothing compared to the burden of putting up with a fool.

2 Kings 2:24

Elisha turned, took one look at them, and cursed them in the name of God. Two bears charged out of the underbrush and knocked them about, ripping them limb from limb—forty-two children in all!

Proverbs 17:11

Criminals out looking for nothing but trouble won’t have to wait long—they’ll meet it coming and going!

Proverbs 29:9

A sage trying to work things out with a fool gets only scorn and sarcasm for his trouble.