Proverbs 28:15

Lighthouse Bible 2006

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

Cross References

2 Kings 15:16

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

2 Kings 2:24

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

2 Kings 21:16

Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, 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 directed all his people, saying, Every son that is born you shall throw into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.

Proverbs 17:12

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

Proverbs 19:12

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

Proverbs 20:2

A man’s fear of a king is like the roaring of a lion: he who provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.

Proverbs 29:2

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bear 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 covering 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 the false commandment.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not leave the bones till the morrow.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he was despised 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, like a roaring lion, walks around, seeking whom he may devour: