KJV King James Version
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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Proverbs 17:12
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
WEB World English Bible
Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
ASV American Standard Version
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And—not a fool in his folly.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 17
9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.
10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
11 An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14 The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.
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2 Samuel 17:8For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy 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 thy father [is] a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.Hosea 13:8I will meet them as a bear [that is] bereaved [of her whelps], and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.Proverbs 27:3A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath [is] heavier than them both.Proverbs 28:15[As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked ruler over the poor people.2 Kings 2:24And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
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