12 It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
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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] בְּאִ֑ישׁ H376 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular to meet פָּג֬וֹשׁ H6298 Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute a bear דֹּ֣ב H1677 Noun - feminine singular robbed of her cubs שַׁכּ֣וּל H7909 Adjective - masculine singular than וְאַל־ H408 Conjunctive waw | Adverb a fool כְּ֝סִ֗יל H3684 Noun - masculine singular in his folly בְּאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃ H200 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular