Proverbs 28:15

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

The wicked ruler is a roaring lion and a ranging bear over a poor people.

Cross References

2 Kings 15:16

Then Menahem struck Tiphsah, and all who were in it, and its borders from Tirzah, for it did not open, and he struck it; he ripped up all its pregnant women.

2 Kings 2:24

And he turned behind him and saw them, and put a curse on them in the name of Jehovah. And two bears came out of the forest and tore forty-two boys of them.

2 Kings 21:16

And also Manasseh has shed very much innocent blood, till he has filled Jerusalem from mouth to mouth; apart from his sin that he caused Judah to sin, to do evil in the eyes of Jehovah.

Exodus 1:13

And Egypt made the sons of Israel to serve with harshness.

Exodus 1:22

And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, Every son that is born, you shall cast him into the river. And you shall keep alive every daughter.

Proverbs 17:12

Let a man meet a bear of bereavement and not a fool in his foolishness.

Proverbs 19:12

The king’s rage is like a lion’s roar, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 20:2

Like the roar of a lion is the dread of a king; he who stirs him up to anger wrongs his own soul.

Proverbs 29:2

When the righteous ones increase, the people rejoice; when a wicked one rules, the people groan.

Isaiah 14:5

Jehovah has broken the rod of the wicked one, the staff of rulers,

Isaiah 14:6

who struck the peoples in wrath, a blow without turning away, ruling the nations in anger, persecution without restraint.

Hosea 13:8

I will meet them like a bereaved bear, and I will tear the lining of their heart; and as a lion, I will devour them there; the beast of the field shall tear them.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment; because he was pleased, he walked after the command.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her rulers within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not gnaw bones for the morning.

Matthew 2:16

Then seeing that he was mocked by the wise men, Herod was greatly enraged, and having sent, he killed all the boys in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he exactly asked from the wise men.

1 Peter 5:8

Be self-controlled. Be watchful, because your adversary the devil walks about as a roaring lion seeking someone he may devour;