Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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Bible References
A bear
Proverbs 28:15
A growling lion, and a ranging bear, is a lawless ruler, over a poor people.
2 Samuel 17:8
And Hushai said - Thou, knowest thy father and his men - that, men of might, they are, and, embittered in soul, they are, like a bear bereaved of her young, in the field, - thy father also, is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
2 Kings 2:24
And, 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.
Hosea 13:8
I will fall upon them as a bear bereaved, and will read asunder the enclosure of their heart, - that I may devour them there, like a lioness, the wild beast of the field, shall tear them in pieces.
Rather
Proverbs 27:3
Heavy is a stone, and weighty is sand, - but, the vexation of a fool, is heavier than both.
Matthew 2:16
Then 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.