Proverbs 17:12
Care may befall a man of understanding; but fools will meditate evils.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
In Context
11Every bad man stirs up strifes: but the Lord will send out against him an unmerciful messenger.
13Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not be removed from his house.
Cross References
2 Kings 2:24And he turned after them, and saw them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And, behold, there came out two bears out of the wood, and they tore forty and two children of them.
Proverbs 28:15A hungry lion and a thirsty wolf is he, who, being poor, rules over a poor nation.
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 →