Proverbs 17:12
The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, || And—not a fool in his folly.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
In Context
11An evil man seeks only rebellion, || And a fierce messenger is sent against him.
13Whoever is returning evil for good, || Evil does not move from his house.
Cross References
2 Kings 2:24And he looks behind him, and sees them, and declares them vile in the Name of YHWH, and two bears come out of the forest and ripped apart forty-two of the boys.
Proverbs 28:15A growling lion, and a ranging bear, || [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people.
Matthew 2:16Then Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the magi, was very angry, and having sent forth, he slew all the male children in Beth-Lehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time that he inquired exactly from the magi.
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 →