Proverbs 17:12

Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs then a fool in his foolishness.

2 Samuel 17:8

You know your father and his followers are mighty warriors. They are as fierce as a mother bear whose cubs have just been killed. Your father has a lot of experience in fighting wars. He will not spend the night with the others.

Hosea 13:8

Like a bear that has lost her cubs, I will attack you. I will rip you open. Like a lion I will devour you. Like a wild animal I will tear you apart.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's anger is heavier than them both.

2 Kings 2:24

Elisha turned around and glared at them. He cursed them in the name of Jehovah. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys to pieces.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion and a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the helpless people.

Matthew 2:16

Herod saw that the astrologers tricked him and he was furious. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys two years old and younger in or near Bethlehem. This matched the time he learned from the astrologers.

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Summary

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

Bible References

A bear

Proverbs 28:15
Like a roaring lion and a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the helpless people.
2 Samuel 17:8
You know your father and his followers are mighty warriors. They are as fierce as a mother bear whose cubs have just been killed. Your father has a lot of experience in fighting wars. He will not spend the night with the others.
2 Kings 2:24
Elisha turned around and glared at them. He cursed them in the name of Jehovah. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys to pieces.
Hosea 13:8
Like a bear that has lost her cubs, I will attack you. I will rip you open. Like a lion I will devour you. Like a wild animal I will tear you apart.

Rather

Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's anger is heavier than them both.
Matthew 2:16
Herod saw that the astrologers tricked him and he was furious. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys two years old and younger in or near Bethlehem. This matched the time he learned from the astrologers.