Proverbs 28:15

New Century Version

A wicked ruler is as dangerous to poor people as a roaring lion or a charging bear.

Cross References

2 Kings 15:16

Menahem started out from Tirzah and attacked Tiphsah, destroying the city and the area nearby. This was because the people had refused to open the city gate for him. He defeated them and ripped open all their pregnant women.

2 Kings 2:24

Elisha turned around, looked at them, and put a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two mother bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys to pieces.

2 Kings 21:16

Manasseh also killed many innocent people, filling Jerusalem from one end to the other with their blood. This was besides the sin he led Judah to do; he led Judah to do what the Lord said was wrong.

Exodus 1:13

and demanded even more of them.

Exodus 1:22

So the king commanded all his people, “Every time a boy is born to the Hebrews, you must throw him into the Nile River, but let all the girl babies live.”

Proverbs 17:12

It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to meet a fool doing foolish things.

Proverbs 19:12

An angry king is like a roaring lion, but his kindness is like the dew on the grass.

Proverbs 20:2

An angry king is like a roaring lion. Making him angry may cost you your life.

Proverbs 29:2

When good people do well, everyone is happy, but when evil people rule, everyone groans.

Isaiah 14:5

The Lord has broken the scepter of evil rulers and taken away their power.

Isaiah 14:6

The king of Babylon struck people in anger again and again. He ruled nations in anger and continued to hurt them.

Hosea 13:8

I will attack like a bear robbed of her cubs, ripping their bodies open. I will devour them like a lion and tear them apart like a wild animal.

Hosea 5:11

Israel is crushed by the punishment, because it decided to follow idols.

Zephaniah 3:3

Its officers are like roaring lions. Its rulers are like hungry wolves that attack in the evening, and in the morning nothing is left of those they attacked.

Matthew 2:16

When Herod saw that the wise men had tricked him, he was furious. So he gave an order to kill all the baby boys in Bethlehem and in the surrounding area who were two years old or younger. This was in keeping with the time he learned from the wise men.

1 Peter 5:8

Control yourselves and be careful! The devil, your enemy, goes around like a roaring lion looking for someone to eat.