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One of the most vivid warnings in the chapter appears here in Proverbs 17:12: Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly (v. 12). Solomon compares a fool absorbed in folly to one of the most dangerous encounters imaginable.
A mother bear robbed of her cubs is fierce, agitated, hazardous and dangerous. Yet Solomon says it is better to meet that than a fool in his folly. Why? Because folly joined to stubborn passion is unpredictable, irrational, and resistant to reason. It can be spiritually and relationally destructive in ways raw physical danger cannot.
This proverb does not mean fools are literal wild animals. It means there is a kind of danger in deep folly that is hard to contain. Once a person is overtaken by self-willed foolishness, reasoning with him can become nearly impossible. Wisdom therefore warns us not to underestimate the destructive force of entrenched folly.
Used with permission from TheBibleSays.com.
You can access the original article here:Proverbs 17:12 Meaning
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