12It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 17:12
Wisdom in Household Peace, Tested Hearts, Just Speech, and Relational Restraint
The chapter moves through household peace, divine heart-testing, speech and poverty, family honor, bribery and love, rebuke and folly, quarrels and justice, friendship and surety, conflict and grief, crooked justice, wandering folly, and restrained speech.
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Verse 12
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[It is better]בְּאִ֑ישׁH376Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singularto meetפָּג֬וֹשׁH6298Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolutea bearדֹּ֣בH1677Noun - feminine singularrobbed of her cubsשַׁכּ֣וּלH7909Adjective - masculine singularthanוְאַל־H408Conjunctive waw | Adverba foolכְּ֝סִ֗ילH3684Noun - masculine singularin his follyבְּאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃H200Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular