Proverbs 28:15

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

A wicked ruler over a helpless people is like a roaring lion or a charging bear.

Cross References

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he realised that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober-minded,  be alert.  Your adversary the devil  is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.

Proverbs 20:2

A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion; anyone who provokes him endangers himself.

Proverbs 19:12

A king’s rage is like the roaring of a lion, but his favour is like dew on the grass.

2 Kings 21:16

Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem with it from one end to another.  This was in addition to his sin that he caused Judah to commit, so that they did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.

Exodus 1:22

Pharaoh then commanded all his people, ‘You must throw every son born to the Hebrews into the Nile, but let every daughter live.’

Hosea 13:8

I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs and tear open the rib cage over their hearts. I will devour them there like a lioness, like a wild beast that would rip them open.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgement, for he is determined to follow what is worthless.

Proverbs 17:12

Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his foolishness.

2 Kings 15:16

At that time, starting from Tirzah, Menahem attacked Tiphsah,  all who were in it, and its territory because they wouldn’t surrender.  He ripped open all the pregnant women.

2 Kings 2:24

He turned around, looked at them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord.  Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the children.

Proverbs 29:2

When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, people groan.

Exodus 1:13

They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

Isaiah 14:5

The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers.

Isaiah 14:6

It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows. It subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.

Zephaniah 3:3

The  princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the night, which leave nothing for   the morning.