Proverbs 17:12
Let a man meet a bear robbed of her whelps, Rather than a fool in his folly.
Noyes Bible
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 seeketh only rebellion; Therefore shall a cruel messenger be sent against him.
13Whoso returneth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
Cross References
Proverbs 28:15As a roaring lion and a hungry bear, So is a wicked ruler over a needy people.
Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he had been deceived by the magians, was greatly enraged; and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the magians.
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 →