“Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.”
Proverbs 17:12 (KJV) |
Proverbs 17:12
From Proverbs 17, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.