Proverbs 17:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Robbed of her whelps, when she is most cruel and fierce. In his folly; in the heat of his lust or passion, because the danger is greater, all things considered, and more unavoidable.

Proverbs 17:12

12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.