Proverbs 17:12
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12 Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs
than to confront a fool immersed in folly.(A)
Hosea 13:8
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8 I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs
and will tear open the covering of their heart;
there I will devour them like a lion,
as a wild animal would mangle them.
2 Samuel 17:8
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8 Hushai continued, “You know that your father and his men are warriors and that they are enraged, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the troops.(A)
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Matthew 2:16
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The Massacre of the Infants
16 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi,[a] he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the magi.[b]
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Proverbs 28:15
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15 Like a roaring lion or a charging bear
is a wicked ruler over a poor people.(A)
Proverbs 27:3
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3 A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.(A)
2 Kings 2:24
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24 When he turned around and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.(A)
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