Proverbs 17:12

Tree of Life Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:8

Hushai then added, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and they are embittered in their souls like a bear robbed of her cubs in the wild. Your father is an expert in warfare, and won’t spend the night with the troops.

2 Kings 2:24

So he turned around and looked at them and cursed them in the Name of Adonai. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and mauled 42 of the boys.

Proverbs 17:11

An evil man seeks only rebellion, and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a prowling bear is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man argues with a foolish man, he rants or laughs, with no resolution.

Hosea 13:8

I will meet them like a bear robbed of her cubs, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lioness. A beast of the field will rip them to shreds.

Matthew 2:16

Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became furious. And he sent and killed all boys in Bethlehem and in all its surrounding area, from two years old and under, according to the time he had determined from the magi.