Proverbs 28:15

Modern King James Version

Like a roaring lion and a ranging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the helpless people.

Cross References

2 Kings 15:16

Then Menahem struck Tiphsah, and all in it, and its borders, from Tirzah. Because they did not open, he struck it. He ripped up all its pregnant women.

2 Kings 2:24

And he turned behind him and saw them, and declared them vile in the name of Jehovah. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two boys of them.

2 Kings 21:16

And also Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing the evil in the sight of Jehovah.

Exodus 1:13

And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel serve with harshness.

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 cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 19:12

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

Proverbs 20:2

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever stirs him up to anger sins against his own soul.

Proverbs 29:2

When the righteous increase, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people mourn.

Isaiah 14:5

Jehovah has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers

Isaiah 14:6

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

Hosea 13:8

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

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is crushed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

Zephaniah 3:3

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

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was greatly enraged. And he sent and killed all the boys in Bethlehem, and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had carefully inquired of the wise men.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sensible and vigilant, because your adversary the Devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking someone he may devour;