Proverbs 17:12
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs 1 than to meet a fool in his foolishness. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 person only seeks rebellion, 1 so a cruel messenger will be sent against him. 1
13When someone returns evil for good, 1 evil will never leave his house. 1
Cross References
2 Kings 2:24Elisha looked behind him and saw them; he called on Yahweh to curse them. Then two female bears came out of the woods and injured forty-two of the boys.
Proverbs 28:15Like a roaring lion or a charging bear 1 is a wicked ruler over poor people. 1
Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he had been mocked by the learned men, was very angry. He sent and killed all the male children that were in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old and under, according to the time that he had determined exactly from the learned men.
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 →