Proverbs 17:12
It spedith more to meete a femal bere, whanne the whelpis ben rauyschid, than a fool tristynge to hym silf in his foli.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
In Context
11Euere an yuel man sekith stryues; forsothe a cruel aungel schal be sent ayens hym.
13Yuel schal not go a wei fro the hous of hym, that yeldith yuels for goodis.
Cross References
2 Kings 2:24Forsothe while Joab and Abisai pursueden Abner fleynge, the sunne yede doun; and thei camen til to the litil hil of the water cundiyt, which is euene ayens the valey, and the weie of deseert in Gabaon.
Proverbs 28:15A rorynge lioun, and an hungry bere, is a wickid prince on a pore puple.
Matthew 2:16Thanne Eroude seynge that he was disseyued of the astromyens, was ful wrooth; and he sente, and slowe alle the children, that weren in Bethleem, and in alle the coostis therof, fro two yeer age and with inne, aftir the tyme that he had enquerid of the astromyens.