Cross references
Proverbs 17:12
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17:12 has 6 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Samuel 17:8 (5 votes) and Hosea 13:8 (5 votes). 10 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Genesis 19 to Revelation 13.
Which verses does Proverbs 17:12 point to?
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- 2 Samuel 17:85 votes
He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.
- Hosea 13:85 votes
Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.
- Proverbs 27:32 votes
A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
- Proverbs 28:152 votes
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
- 2 Kings 2:241 vote
Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
- Matthew 2:161 vote
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
Which verses point to Proverbs 17:12?
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