Proverbs 28:15

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people.

Cross References

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry; and sending killed all the men children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.

Proverbs 20:2

As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.

Proverbs 19:12

As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.

2 Kings 21:16

Moreover Manasses shed also very much innocent blood, till he filled Jerusalem up to the mouth: besides his sins, wherewith he made Juda to sin, to do evil before the Lord.

Exodus 1:22

Pharao therefore charged all his people, saying: Whatsoever shall be born of the male sex, ye shall cast into the river: whatsoever of the female, ye shall save alive.

Hosea 13:8

I will meet them as a bear that is robbed of her whelps, and I will rend the inner parts of their liver: and I will devour them there as a lion, the beast of the field shall tear them.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is under oppression, and broken in judgment: because he began to go after filthiness.

Proverbs 17:12

It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.

2 Kings 15:16

Then Manahem destroyed Thapsa and all that were in it, and the borders thereof from Thersa, because they would not open to him. And he slew all the women thereof that were with child, and ripped them up.

2 Kings 2:24

And looking back, he saw them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord: and there came forth two bears out of the forest, and tore of them two and forty boys.

Proverbs 29:2

When just men increase, the people shall rejoice: when the wicked shall bear rule, the people shall mourn.

Exodus 1:13

And the Egyptians hated the children of Israel: and afflicted them and mocked them

Isaiah 14:5

The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the rod of the rulers,

Isaiah 14:6

That struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, that brought nations under in fury, that persecuted in a cruel manner.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes are in the midst of her as roaring lions: her judges are evening wolves, they left nothing for the morning.