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Proverbs 17:12
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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Cross-references drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, most-connected first.
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 lion: the wild beast shall tear them. wild...: Heb. beast of the field
2 Samuel 17:8
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be 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. chafed...: Heb. bitter of soul
Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. heavy: Heb. heaviness
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 tare forty and two children of them.
Matthew 2:16
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
Proverbs 28:15
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.