Verse 12

It is better for a man to meete a beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole in his follie.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 17:8 : 8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father, and his men, that they be strong men, and are chafed in minde as a beare robbed of her whelps in the fielde: also thy father is a valiant warrier, and will not lodge with the people.
  • Hos 13:8 : 8 I will meete them, as a beare that is robbed of her whelpes, and I will breake the kall of their heart, and there will I deuoure them like a lion: the wilde beast shall teare them.
  • Prov 27:3 : 3 A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
  • Prov 28:15 : 15 As a roaring lyon, and an hungry beare, so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.
  • 2 Kgs 2:24 : 24 And he turned backe, & looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord; two beares came out of the forest, and tare in pieces two and fourtie children of them.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked of the Wisemen, was exceeding wroth, and sent foorth, and slew all the male children that were in Beth-leem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two yeere old and vnder, according to the time which he had diligently searched out of the Wisemen.