Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Rather
Bible References
A bear
Proverbs 28:15
As a roaring lion and a hungry bear, so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
2 Samuel 17:8
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and now their souls are bitter, 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.
2 Kings 2:24
And he turned back and looked on them and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And two bears came forth out of the forest and tore apart forty-two young men of them.
Hosea 13:8
I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps and will rend the veil of their heart, and there I will devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them apart.
Rather
Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth and sent forth and killed all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had understood of the wise men.