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Proverbs 17:12
Swete's Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
ἐμπεσεῖται μέριμνα ἀνδρὶ νοήμονι, οἱ δὲ ἄφρονες διαλογιοῦνται κακά.
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.