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
As a roaring lion, and a charging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
2 Samuel 17:8
For, said Hushai, you know your 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 your 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 there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tore forty and two of the youths.
Hosea 13:8
I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the fat of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
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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, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the region thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.