It is better to meet a mother bear robbed of her cubs than to meet some fool busy with a stupid project
This bible verse has been derived from Good News Translation
If you can take a closer look at Proverbs chapter 17 from verse 11 to 13, and take a bible study you will understand verse 11 better which talks more about:
(12) A bear robbed of her whelps.--Proverbially dangerous then (2Samuel 17:8; Hosea 13:8). (See also 1Kings 2:24.)
A fool (khesil).--Comp. Proverbs 1:32.
- Ellicott's Commentary
Verse 12. - Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man. The Syrian bear was once common throughout Palestine; it is now found in but few localities, such as the hills of Hermon and Lebanon, and in the hills east of the Jordan, the destruction of wood and forest having deprived these animals of the shelter necessary to their existence. The ferocity of the bear when deprived of its young had become proverbial (see 2 Samuel 17:8; Hosea 13:8; Hart, 'Animals of the Bible,' 28, etc.). Rather than a fool in his folly; i.e. in the paroxysm of his passion. Compare Saul's ungoverned language to Jonathan (1 Samuel 20:30), and Herod's murder of the children (Matthew 2:16). So we read of the people being filled with ἄνοια against Jesus (Luke 6:11). .
- Pulpit commentary
…11 An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him. 12 It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly. 13 If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.…
The moral lesson of this Bible verse is:
A bear robbed of her cubs is far less dangerous than a stubborn fool.
The lesson in the Bible verse has been obtained from: Treasury Of Scripture
There are more bible verses closely related to this verse, which are:
2 Samuel 17:8
He continued, "You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.Proverbs 17:11
An evil man seeks only rebellion; so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.Hosea 13:8
Like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.
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