"Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly."
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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.
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
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.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
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.
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.
It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.
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.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly.