Man Vs. Bear

Sooner meet a bereaved she-bear
Than a fool with his nonsense.

May a bereaving bear encounter a person It is better for a person that a bereaving bear encounter him rather than one of the foolish heathens, who entice him to idolatry.

Let a man meet a bereaved bear, a frightening and dangerous beast, but not a fool in his folly. An encounter with a dangerous animal is preferable to meeting someone who behaves foolishly, as such a person is likely to be even more dangerous. The fool does not necessarily act with evil intentions, but nevertheless he can draw a person into intractable difficulties.

The LORD,” David went on, “who saved me from lion and bear will also save me from that Philistine.” “Then go,” Saul said to David, “and may the LORD be with you!”

You know,” Hushai continued, “that your father and his men are courageous fighters, and they are as desperate as a bear in the wild robbed of her whelps. Your father is an experienced soldier, and he will not spend the night with the troops;

Yet I am the LORD thy God From the land of Egypt; And thou knowest no God but Me, And beside Me there is no saviour. I did know thee in the wilderness, In the land of great drought. When they were fed, they became full, They were filled, and their heart was exalted; Therefore have they forgotten Me. Therefore am I become unto them as a lion; As a leopard will I watch by the way; I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, And will rend the enclosure of their heart; And there will I devour them like a lioness; The wild beast shall tear them. It is thy destruction, O Israel, That thou art against Me, against thy help.