Proverbs 17:12
Let a bereaved bear encounter man, rather than a dullard, with his folly!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
In Context
13He that returneth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Cross References
2 Kings 2:24And, when he turned round and saw them, he cursed them, in the name of Yahweh,—and there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tare, of them, forty-two youths.
Proverbs 28:15A growling lion, and a ranging bear, is a lawless ruler, over a poor people.
Matthew 2:16Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly enraged,—and sent and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all its bounds, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise 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 →