Proverbs 17:12
It were better to meete a shee beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole [trusting] in his foolishnesse.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
In Context
11A seditious person seketh mischiefe, and a cruell messenger shalbe sent agaynst hym.
13Who so rewardeth euill for good, euil shall not depart from his house.
Cross References
Proverbs 28:15As a roaring Lion and an hungrye Beare, so is an vngodly prince ouer the poore people.
Matthew 2:16Then Herode, when he sawe that he was mocked of the wyse men, was excedyng wroth, and sent foorth, and slew all the chyldren that were in Bethlehe, and in all the coastes, as many as were two yere olde, or vnder, according to the tyme, which he had diligently searched out, of the wyse men.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:12
11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. Here is the sin and punishment of an evil man. 1. His sin. He is an evil man indeed that seeks all occasions to rebel against God, and the government God has set over him, and to contradict and quarrel with those about him. Quærit jurgia—He picks quarrels; so some. There are some that are actuated by a spirit of opposition, that will contradict for contradiction-sake, that will go on frowardly in their wicked ways in… Read the whole commentary →