Key Verse Spotlight
Proverbs 17:12 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.”
Proverbs 17:12
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. {entereth...: or, aweth more a wise man, than to strike a fool an hundred times}
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.
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