Proverbs 17:12

¹⁰ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

¹¹ 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.

¹³ Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
KJV: Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
WEB: Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
ASV: Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
DARBY: Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.
BLB: Let meet a bear robbed of her cubs with a man, and not a fool in his folly.

ÅB: Bedre for en mann å møte en bjørn som ungene er tatt fra, enn en dåre i hans dårskap.
OTB: Bedre å møte en bjørn som er frarøvet sine unger enn en dåre i hans dårskap.
B1930: Bedre for en mann å møte en bjørn som ungene er tatt fra, enn en dåre i hans dårskap.

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.
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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.
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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.
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Proverbs 28:15
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
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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.
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Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
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