Proverbs 17:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

It were better to meete a shee beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole trusting in his foolishnesse.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 17:8 : 8 For sayde Husai, thou knowest thy father & his men howe that they be strong men, and they be chased in their mindes, and are euen as a Beare robbed of her whelpes in the fielde: Thy father is a man also practised in warre, and wil not lodge with the people.
  • Hos 13:8 : 8 I wyll meete them as a she beare that is robbed of her whelpes, and I wyll breake that stubburne heart of theirs, there wyll I deuour them like a lion, yea the wylde beastes shall teare them.
  • Prov 27:3 : 3 The stone is heauie, and the sande wayghtie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
  • Prov 28:15 : 15 As a roaring Lion and an hungrye Beare, so is an vngodly prince ouer the poore people.
  • 2 Kgs 2:24 : 24 And he turned backe, and loked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lorde: And there came two shee beares out of the wood, and tare fourtie and two children of them.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herode, when he sawe that he was mocked of the wyse men, was excedyng wroth, and sent foorth, and slew all the chyldren that were in Bethlehe, and in all the coastes, as many as were two yere olde, or vnder, according to the tyme, which he had diligently searched out, of the wyse men.

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  • Prov 17:10-11
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    10One reproofe more feareth a wise man, then an hundred stripes doth a foole.

    11A seditious person seketh mischiefe, and a cruell messenger shalbe sent agaynst hym.

  • Prov 17:13
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    13Who so rewardeth euill for good, euil shall not depart from his house.

  • Prov 17:24-25
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    24Wisdome shineth in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes.

    25An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother.

  • Prov 26:3-5
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    3Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a brydle: and a rod to the fooles backe.

    4Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him.

    5But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21He that begetteth a foole, begetteth his sorowe: and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Prov 26:9-12
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    9As is a thorne in the hande of a drunkarde: so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

    10The mightie that fourmed al thinges, rewardeth the fooles & transgressours.

    11Like as the dogge turneth agayne to his owne vomite: euen so a foole beginneth his foolishnes agayne afreshe.

    12If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12A wyse man seing the plague, wyll hide hym selfe: as for fooles they go on styll and suffer harme.

  • Prov 14:16-17
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    16A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euyll: but the foole is angry, and counteth hym selfe sure.

    17An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly: but he that is well aduised, is hated of the foole.

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    15The way of a foole is strayght in his owne eyes: but he that hearkeneth vnto counsayle is wise.

    16A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haste: but a discrete man couereth his owne shame.

  • Amos 5:19
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    19As if a man dyd flee from a lion, and a beare meete him, & went into the house, and leaned his hand vnto the wal, and a serpent bite hym.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.

  • Prov 13:20
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    20He that goeth in the companie of wise men, shalbe wise: but who so is a companion of fooles, shalbe afflicted.

  • Prov 15:20-21
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    20A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolishe man dispiseth his mother.

    21Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge: but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7Get thee from a foolishe man, when thou perceauest not in hym the lippes of knowledge.

    8The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23A foole doth wickedly, and maketh but a sport of it: but wisdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 28:15
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    15As a roaring Lion and an hungrye Beare, so is an vngodly prince ouer the poore people.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Foolishnes is bounde in the heart of the chylde: and the rodde of correction shall driue it away.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto?

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.

  • Eccl 10:12
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    12The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A foole hath no delight in vnderstanding: but onlye to vtter the fansies of his owne heart.

  • Prov 29:9
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    9If a wise man contendeth with a foole: whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.

  • Eccl 7:5
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    5It is better to geue eare to the chastening of a wyse man, then to heare the songue of fooles:

  • Prov 21:19-20
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    19It is better to dwell in the wyldernesse, then with a chydyng and an angrye woman.

    20In a wise mans house there is a great treasure and oyle: but a foolishe body spendeth vp all.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly? there is more hope in a foole then in hym.

  • Prov 18:6
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    6A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.

  • Lam 3:10
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    10He layeth wayte for me lyke a beare, and as a lion in a hole.

  • Prov 7:22
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    22Sodainly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter, and lyke as it were a foole that laugheth when he goeth to the stockes to be punished,

  • Prov 20:3
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    3It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13A poore chylde beyng wise, is better then an olde kyng that doteth, and can not beware in tyme to come.

  • Prov 27:3
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    3The stone is heauie, and the sande wayghtie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3A foole wyll shewe him selfe when he goeth by the way, yet thinketh he that euery man doth as foolishly as him self.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes.

  • Hos 13:8
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    8I wyll meete them as a she beare that is robbed of her whelpes, and I wyll breake that stubburne heart of theirs, there wyll I deuour them like a lion, yea the wylde beastes shall teare them.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29Who so maketh disquietnesse in his owne house, he shal haue winde for his heritage: and the foole shalbe seruaunt to the wise.