Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
In context
10A rebuke sinks deeper into a discerning man than a hundred blows into a fool. 11A rebel seeks nothing but evil, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him. 12Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly. 13Whoever returns evil for good—evil will never leave his house. 14The start of strife is letting out water; drop the quarrel before it breaks open.
