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Proverbs 17:12

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

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  1. Proverbs 17:10

    A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

  2. Proverbs 17:11

    An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

  3. Proverbs 17:13

    Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  4. Proverbs 17:14

    The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.