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Proverbs 17:12
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Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubsthan a fool in his foolishness.
Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.
Let a person meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his foolishness.
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to meet a fool doing foolish things.
Let a man meet a [ferocious] bear robbed of her cubs Rather than the [angry, narcissistic] fool in his folly.
Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
It is better for a man to meete a beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole in his follie.
Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs,Rather than a fool in his folly.
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
Rather meet a bear robbed of its cubs than encounter a fool in his folly.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool who is busy doing foolish things.
Meditation and reverence are suitable for a wise man; but a fool meditates in his folly.
It is better to meet a mother bear robbed of her cubs than to meet some fool busy with a stupid project.
May a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring and not a fool in his folly.
Let a bear bereaved of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his foolishness.
It were better to come agaynst a she Bere robbed of hir whelpes, then agaynst a foole in his foolishnes.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Let a beare robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather then a foole in his folly.
It were better to meete a shee beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole [trusting] in his foolishnesse.
Care may befall a man of understanding; but fools will meditate evils.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
It spedith more to meete a femal bere, whanne the whelpis ben rauyschid, than a fool tristynge to hym silf in his foli.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.
Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his folly.
It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to confront a fool caught in foolishness.
A man meeting a bear robbed of her little ones is better than meeting a fool in his foolish way.
Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs than to confront a fool immersed in folly.
Let a bereaved bear encounter man, rather than a dullard, with his folly!
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.
Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly.
The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly.
Better to meet a grizzly robbed of her cubs than a fool hellbent on folly.
Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his folly.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
a bear: Proverbs 28:15, 2 Samuel 17:8, 2 Kings 2:24, Hosea 13:8
rather: Proverbs 27:3, Matthew 2:16
Reciprocal: Genesis 19:9 - pressed Ecclesiastes 7:25 - know Daniel 3:13 - in his Daniel 7:5 - another Revelation 13:2 - and his feet
Cross-References
God finished speaking to Abraham and then left.
On that same day Abraham obeyed God by circumcising Ishmael. Abraham was also circumcised, and so were all other men and boys in his household, including his servants and slaves. He was ninety-nine years old at the time, and his son Ishmael was thirteen.
and when the boy was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, just as the Lord had commanded.
Her son must be circumcised on the eighth day,
Eight days later they did for the child what the Law of Moses commands. They were going to name him Zechariah, after his father.
Eight days later Jesus' parents did for him what the Law of Moses commands. And they named him Jesus, just as the angel had told Mary when he promised she would have a baby.
God said to Abraham, "Every son in each family must be circumcised to show that you have kept your agreement with me." So when Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him. Later, Isaac circumcised his son Jacob, and Jacob circumcised his twelve sons.
Just because you live like a Jew and are circumcised doesn't make you a real Jew.
I was circumcised when I was eight days old, and I am from the nation of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin. I am a true Hebrew. As a Pharisee, I strictly obeyed the Law of Moses.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,.... A bear is a very fierce and furious creature, especially a she bear; and she is still more so when robbed of her whelps, which she has just whelped, and been at great pains to lick into shape and form, by which her fondness to them is increased; and therefore, being stripped of them, is full of rage; and ranging about in quest of them, falls furiously upon the first she meets with. Jerom n observes, that those who have written of the nature of beasts say, that, among all wild beasts, there is none more fierce than a she bear, when she has lost her whelps, or wants food. And yet, as terrible and as dangerous as it is, it is safer and more eligible of the two, to meet an enraged bear in those circumstances,
rather than a fool in his folly; in the height of his folly, in a paroxysm or fit of that; in the heat of his lusts, and the pursuit of them, in which there is no stopping him, or turning him from them; especially in the heat of passion and anger, which exceeds that of a bear, and is not so easily avoided. Jarchi applies it to such fools as seduce persons to idolatry, whom to meet is very dangerous: such are the followers of the man of sin, who have no mercy on the souls of men they deceive, and whose damnation they are the cause of; and who are implacably cruel to those who will not join with them in their idolatrous worship; the beast of Rome, his feet are as the feet of a bear, Revelation 13:2; and one had better meet a bear than him and his followers.
n Comment, in Hos. xiii. 8. So Aristot. Hist. Animal. l. 6. c. 18.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The large brown bear of Syria, in her rage at the loss of her whelps, was to the Israelites the strongest type of brute ferocity. Compare 2 Samuel 17:8; 2 Kings 2:24.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 17:12. Let a bear robbed of her whelps — At which times such animals are peculiarly fierce. 2 Samuel 17:8.
