Proverbs 17:12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
‘Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.’ A bear robbed of her cubs is exceedingly fierce, but she is less dangerous than a fool in his folly. Let a man meet a bear bereaved of her whelps, raging in her fury and blinded by grief, rather than encounter a fool abandoned to his folly. For the bear, though fierce, is guided by nature and may be turned away; but the fool, in the blindness of pride, knows not reason, nor does he regard wisdom. His way is destruction, and they who walk with him are soon cast down.
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