2 Kings 2:24; 2 Samuel 17:8; Hosea 13:8; Matthew 2:16; Proverbs 27:3; Proverbs 28:15
The large brown bear of Syria, in her rage at the loss of her whelps, was to the Israelites the strongest type of brute ferocity. Compare 2 Samuel...
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than (f) a fool in his folly. (f) By which he means the wicked in his rage, who has no fear of Go...
Proverbs 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family ( Proverbs 17:2 ), the practice of bribes ( Proverbs 1...
a bear . a he-bear (masculine because it is always construed with. masculine verb). her whelps . his mate. man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14. folly...
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. Let a bear robbed of her whelps - At which times such animals are peculi...
Let a bear robbed, &c.— Bochart observes four things concerning the bear: the first every one knows, that the bear is an exceedingly fierce cre...
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than (literal...
1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice ( Proverbs 7:14 ) if it was accompanie...
A bear robbed of her whelps. — Proverbially dangerous then ( 2 Samuel 17:8 ; Hosea 13:8 ). (See also 1 Kings 2:24 .) A fool ( khesîl ). — Comp...
CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the ma...
CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hat...
Verse Proverbs 17:3 . Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dro...
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ea...
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man ,.... A bear is a very fierce and furious creature, especially a she bear; and she is still more so when...
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. Ver. 12. Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man. ] A bear is a fi...
Let a bear robbed of her whelps When she is most cruel and fierce; meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly That is, in the heat of his lust o...
12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. Note, 1. A passionate man is a brutish man. However...
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 thi...
The Follies Of The Fool ( Proverbs 17:8-16 ). The previous subsection ended with reference to the nabal (fool), and this now leads on to considera...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 17:11 . Many commentators translate the first clause “ Rebellion ,” or “ a rebel ” seeketh only after evil, i.e. , bri...
Proverbs 17:1 . Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. See Proverbs 15:17 . Proverbs 17:3 . The fining pot is for silver, and the fu...
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. The cruelty of fools The rage of wild beasts is short-lived, and t...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16 , Proverbs 15:17 ; Proverbs 16:8 .) Better (sweeter) is a dry morsel, and quietness th...
v. 12. Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a fool in his folly, for a malignant fool is a greater menace to society and mankind...
Folly — In the heat of his lust or passion.
12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.