Proverbs 17:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 17:8 : 8 For, 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.
  • Hos 13:8 : 8 I 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.
  • Prov 27:3 : 3 ¶ A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than them both.
  • Prov 28:15 : 15 ¶ [As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked ruler over the poor people.
  • 2 Kgs 2:24 : 24 And 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.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 ¶ Then 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 enquired of the wise men.

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