Proverbs 17:12
פָּגוֹשׁ דֹּב שַׁכּוּל בְּאִישׁ וְאַל ־ כְּסִיל בְּאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
In Context
11אַךְ ־ מְרִי יְבַקֶּשׁ ־ רָע וּמַלְאָךְ אַכְזָרִי יְשֻׁלַּח ־ בּֽוֹ ׃
13מֵשִׁיב רָעָה תַּחַת טוֹבָה לֹא ־ תמיש רָעָה מִבֵּיתֽוֹ ׃
Cross References
2 Kings 2:24וַיִּפֶן אַֽחֲרָיו וַיִּרְאֵם וַֽיְקַלְלֵם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה וַתֵּצֶאנָה שְׁתַּיִם דֻּבִּים מִן ־ הַיַּעַר וַתְּבַקַּעְנָה מֵהֶם אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁנֵי יְלָדִֽים ׃
Proverbs 28:15אֲרִי ־ נֹהֵם וְדֹב שׁוֹקֵק מֹשֵׁל רָשָׁע עַל עַם ־ דָּֽל ׃
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 →