12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12)Note, 1. A passionate man is a brutish man. However at other times he may have some wisdom, take him in his passion ungoverned, and he is a fool in his folly ; those are fools in whose bosom anger rests and in whose countenance anger rages. He has put off man, and is become like a bear, a raging bear, a bear robbed of her whelps ; he is as fond of the gratifications of his lusts and passions as a…
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