Proverbs 17:12
Proverbs chapter 17 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hosea 13:8
I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.
- 2 Samuel 17:8
Hushai said moreover, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
- Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.
- Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.
- Proverbs 28:15
Asa roaring lion, and a ranging bear, So isa wicked ruler over a poor people.
- 2 Kings 2:24
And he looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Jehovah. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two lads of them.