Proverbs 17:12

Coverdale Bible (1535)

It were better to come agaynst a she Bere robbed of hir whelpes, then agaynst a foole in his foolishnes.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 17:8 : 8 And Chusai sayde morouer: Thou knowest thy father well and his men, that they are stronge and of a wrothfull stomack, euen as a Beer that is robbed of hir yonge ones in the felde, Thy father also is a man of warre, and wyl not be necliget with the people.
  • Hos 13:8 : 8 I wil come vpon them as a she beer, that is robbed of hir welpes, and I wil breake that stubburne herte of theirs. There wil I deuoure them as a lyon: yee the wylde beastes shal teare them.
  • Prov 27:3 : 3 The stone is heuy, and the sonde weightie: but a fooles wrath is heuyer then they both.
  • Prov 28:15 : 15 Like as a roaringe lyon and an hongrie beer, euen so is an vngodly prynce ouer the poore people.
  • 2 Kgs 2:24 : 24 And he turned him aboute. And wha he sawe them, he cursed them in the name of the LORDE. Then came there two Beeres out of the wod, and rente two and fortye of the children.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod perceauynge yt he was disceaued of the wyse men, was excedynge wroth, and sent forth, and slue all the chyldren that were in Bethleem, and in all the coastes there of, as many as were two yere olde and vnder, accordynge to the tyme which he had diligently searched out of the wyse men.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10One reprofe only doth more good to him yt hath vnderstodinge, then an C. stripes vnto a foole.

    11A sedicious personne seketh myschefe, but a cruell messaunger shal be sent agaynst him.

  • Prov 17:13
    78%

    13Who so rewardeth euell for good, the plage shal not departe fro his house.

  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    75%

    24Wy?dome shyneth in ye face of him yt hath vnderstondinge, but ye eyes of fooles wandre thorow out all lodes.

    25An vndiscrete sonne is a grefe vnto his father, and heuynesse vnto his mother yt bare him.

  • Prov 26:3-5
    3 verses
    75%

    3Vnto the horse belongeth a whyppe, to the Asse a brydle, and a rodde to the fooles backe.

    4Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse, lest thou become like vnto him:

    5but make ye foole an answere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne coceate.

  • Prov 17:21
    74%

    21An vnwyse body bryngeth himselfe in to sorowe, and ye father of a foole can haue no ioye.

  • Prov 26:9-12
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    74%

    9A parable in a fooles mouth, is like a thorne yt pricketh a droncken man in ye hande.

    10A man of experience discerneth all thinges well, but whoso hyreth a foole, hyreth soch one as wyl take no hede.

    11Like as the dogg turneth agayne to his vomite, euen so a foole begynneth his foolishnesse agayne afresh.

    12Yf thou seyest a man yt is wyse in his owne conceate, there is more hope in a foole then in hi.

  • Prov 27:12
    74%

    12A wyse man seynge the plage wyl hyde him self, as for fooles they go on still, and suffer harme.

  • Prov 14:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16A wyse man, feareth, and departeth from euell, but a foole goeth on presumptuously.

    17An vnpacient man handeleth foolishly, but he that is well aduysed, doth other wayes.

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15Loke what a foole taketh in honde, he thinketh it well done: but he that is wyse, wyl be couceled.

    16A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haist, but a discrete man forgeueth wronge.

  • Amos 5:19
    73%

    19Yee like as when a ma runeth fro a lyon, and a Beer meteth with him: or, whe he commeth into the house, and leeneth his honde vpon the wall, a serpent byteth him.

  • Prov 13:16
    73%

    16A wyse man doth all thinges with discrecion, but a foole wil declare his foly.

  • Prov 13:20
    73%

    20He that goeth in the company of wyse men, shal be wyse: but who so is a copanyo of fooles, shal be hurte.

  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete body shameth his mother.

    21A foole reioyseth in foolish thinges, but a wyse man loketh well to his owne goinges.

  • Prov 19:1
    72%

    1Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7Se yt thou medle not with a foole, & do as though thou haddest no knowlege.

    8The wy?dome of him that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.

  • Prov 19:3
    72%

    3Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.

  • Prov 10:23
    72%

    23A foole doth wickedly & maketh but a sporte of it: neuertheles it is wysdome for a man to bewarre of soch.

  • Prov 28:15
    71%

    15Like as a roaringe lyon and an hongrie beer, euen so is an vngodly prynce ouer the poore people.

  • Prov 22:15
    71%

    15Foolishnes sticketh in the herte of ye lad, but ye rod of correccion driueth it awaye.

  • Prov 17:16
    71%

    16What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hode, where as he hath no mynde to bye wy?dome?

  • Prov 15:5
    71%

    5A foole despyseth his fathers correccion, but he yt taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue ye more vnderstodinge.

  • Eccl 10:12
    71%

    12The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gracious, but the lippes of a foole wil destroye himself.

  • Prov 29:11
    71%

    11A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.

  • Prov 18:2
    71%

    2A foole hath no delyte in vnderstodinge, but only in those thinges wherin his herte reioyseth.

  • Prov 29:9
    71%

    9Yf a wyse man go to lawe with a foole (whether he deale with him frendly or roughly) he getteth no rest.

  • Eccl 7:5
    71%

    5It is better to geue eare to the chastenynge of a wyse man, then to heare the songe of fooles.

  • Prov 21:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19It is better to dwell in a wyldernesse, the with a chydinge and an angrie woman.

    20In a wyse mans house there is greate treasure and plenteousnesse, but a foolish body spendeth vp all.

  • Prov 29:20
    71%

    20Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed, thou mayest trust a foole more then him.

  • Prov 18:6
    71%

    6A fooles lippes are euer brawlinge, and his mouth prouoketh vnto batayll.

  • Lam 3:10
    70%

    10He layeth waite for me like a Bere, and as a lyon in a hole.

  • Prov 7:22
    70%

    22Immediatly he foloweth her, as it were an oxeled to the slaughter (and like as it were to the stockes, where fooles are punyshed)

  • Prov 20:3
    70%

    3It is a mans honoure to kepe himself from strife, but they yt haue pleasure in braulinge, are fooles eueryone.

  • Eccl 4:13
    70%

    13A poore childe beynge wyse, is better then an olde kinge, that doteth, and can not bewarre in tyme to come.

  • Prov 27:3
    70%

    3The stone is heuy, and the sonde weightie: but a fooles wrath is heuyer then they both.

  • Eccl 10:3
    70%

    3A dotinge foole thinketh, yt euery ma doth as foolishly as himself.

  • Prov 23:9
    70%

    9Tel nothinge in to ye eares of a foole, for he wyl despyse the wy?dome of thy wordes.

  • Hos 13:8
    70%

    8I wil come vpon them as a she beer, that is robbed of hir welpes, and I wil breake that stubburne herte of theirs. There wil I deuoure them as a lyon: yee the wylde beastes shal teare them.

  • Prov 11:29
    70%

    29Who so maketh disquyetnesse in his owne house, he shal haue wynde for his heretage, and the foole shal be seruaunt to the wyse.