Proverbs 28:15

King James 2000

As a roaring lion, and a charging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

Cross References

2 Kings 15:16

Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the territory thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he attacked it; and all the women in it that were with child he ripped up.

2 Kings 2:24

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tore forty and two of the youths.

2 Kings 21:16

Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

Exodus 1:13

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:

Exodus 1:22

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.

Proverbs 17:12

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 19:12

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew upon the grass.

Proverbs 20:2

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whosoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.

Proverbs 29:2

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bears rule, the people mourn.

Isaiah 14:5

The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers.

Isaiah 14:6

He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hinders.

Hosea 13:8

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the fat of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after a human commandment.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave not a bone till the morning.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the region 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, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour: