Proverbs 17:12
“Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.”
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
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.
Related Verses
“Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.”
“He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.”
“Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.”
“A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.”
“He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.”