Proverbs 28:15

The Scriptures 1998

A roaring lion and a charging bear Is a wrongdoing ruler over poor people.

Cross References

2 Kings 15:16

And Menaḥ

2 Kings 2:24

And he turned around and looked at them, and pronounced a curse on them in the Name of יהוה. And two female bears came out of the forest and tore to pieces forty-two of the youths.

2 Kings 21:16

And also, Menashsheh shed very much innocent blood, until he had filled Yerushalayim from one end to another, besides his sin with which he made Yehuḏ

Exodus 1:13

And the Mitsrites made the children of Yisra’ĕ

Exodus 1:22

And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Throw every son who is born into the river, and keep alive every daughter.”

Proverbs 17:12

Let a bereaved bear meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 19:12

The sovereign’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his delight is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 20:2

The dread of a sovereign is like the roaring of a lion; Whoever provokes him sins against his own life.

Proverbs 29:2

When the righteous increase, the people rejoice; But when a wrong one rules, the people sigh.

Isaiah 14:5

“יהוה  has broken the staff of the wrong, the sceptre of the rulers,

Isaiah 14:6

he who smote the people in wrath with ceaseless blows, he who ruled the gentiles in displeasure, is persecuted and no one restrains.

Hosea 13:8

like a bear robbed of her young I attack them and rip open the enclosure of their heart. And there I devour them like a lion, a wild beast tear them apart.

Hosea 5:11

“Ephrayim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because it pleased him to walk after Tsaw.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her rulers in her midst are roaring lions, her judges are evening wolves, they shall leave no bone until morning.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herodes, having seen that he was fooled by the Magi, was greatly enraged, and he sent forth and slew all the male children in Bĕ

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, watch, because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.