Proverbs 17:12
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 rebellious man seeketh only evil; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Cross References
2 Kings 2:24And he looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tore forty and two children of them.
Proverbs 28:15As a roaring lion, and a ravenous bear; so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
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 →