Verse 12
Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
Referenced Verses
- 2 Sam 17:8 : 8 Hushai said moreover, You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, as a bear robbed of her cubs in the field; and your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
- Hos 13:8 : 8 I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, And will tear the covering of their heart. And there I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.
- Prov 27:3 : 3 A stone is heavy, And sand is a burden; But a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
- Prov 28:15 : 15 As a roaring lion or a charging bear, So is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
- 2 Kgs 2:24 : 24 He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Yahweh. There came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and mauled forty-two lads of them.
- Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.