Proverbs 28:15

Tree of Life Version

Like a roaring lion or a prowling bear is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

Cross References

2 Kings 15:16

Then Menahem struck down Tiphsah and all who were in it, and its territories from Tirzah, because they did not open to him, therefore he attacked it and ripped open all its pregnant women.

2 Kings 2:24

So he turned around and looked at them and cursed them in the Name of Adonai. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and mauled 42 of the boys.

2 Kings 21:16

Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood until he filled Jerusalem with blood from one end to another—in addition to his sin which he made Judah sin, in doing what was evil in Adonai’s eyes.

Exodus 1:13

They worked them harshly,

Exodus 1:22

But Pharaoh charged all his people saying, “You are to cast every son that is born into the river, but let every daughter live.”

Proverbs 17:12

Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to deal with a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 19:12

A king’s wrath is like a roaring lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 20:2

The terror of a king is like a lion’s growl. Whoever provokes him endangers his life.

Proverbs 29:2

When the righteous thrive, people rejoice. When the wicked rule, people groan.

Isaiah 14:5

Adonai has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,

Isaiah 14:6

which struck the people in wrath with continual strokes, which ruled the nations in fury, with relentless persecution.

Hosea 13:8

I will meet them like a bear robbed of her cubs, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lioness. A beast of the field will rip them to shreds.

Hosea 5:11

Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed by judgment, for he willingly followed a worthless thing.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes within her are roaring lions. Her judges are wolves of the night, leaving nothing but bones for morning.

Matthew 2:16

Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became furious. And he sent and killed all boys in Bethlehem and in all its surrounding area, from two years old and under, according to the time he had determined from the magi.

1 Peter 5:8

Stay alert! Watch out! Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, searching for someone to devour.