Proverbs 28:15

American Standard Version (1901)

[ As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, [So is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.

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  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,
  • 2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.
  • Exod 1:22 : 22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
  • 1 Sam 22:17-19 : 17 And the king said unto the guard that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of Jehovah; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of Jehovah. 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
  • 2 Kgs 2:24 : 24 And he looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Jehovah. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two lads of them.
  • 2 Kgs 15:16 : 16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the borders thereof, from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
  • Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
  • Prov 20:2 : 2 The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own life.
  • Hos 5:11 : 11 Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after [man's] command.
  • Hos 13:8 : 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.
  • Esth 3:6-9 : 6 But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. 7 In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, [to] the twelfth [month], which is the month Adar. 8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from [those of] every people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them. 9 If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have the charge of the [king's] business, to bring it into the king's treasuries. 10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
  • Exod 1:14-16 : 14 and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor. 15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 16 and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
  • Prov 17:12 : 12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 28:16
    80%

    16The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; [But] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

  • Prov 20:2
    77%

    2The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own life.

  • Prov 28:1-3
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    77%

    1The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion.

    2For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; But by men of understanding [and] knowledge the state [thereof] shall be prolonged.

    3A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is [like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

  • Ps 10:8-10
    3 verses
    75%

    8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.

    9He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

    10He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.

  • Prov 29:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

    2When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man beareth rule, the people sigh.

  • Ps 17:12
    75%

    12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • Jer 25:38
    73%

    38He hath left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing [sword], and because of his fierce anger.

  • Prov 22:16
    73%

    16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.

  • Prov 14:31
    73%

    31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.

  • Isa 5:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.

    30And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold, darkness [and] distress; and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.

  • Ps 22:13
    73%

    13They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.

  • Eccl 10:5
    73%

    5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

  • Lam 3:10
    73%

    10He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

  • Ps 10:2
    73%

    2In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

  • Prov 22:7
    72%

    7The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Prov 28:14
    72%

    14Happy is the man that feareth alway; But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

  • Prov 29:14
    72%

    14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, His throne shall be established for ever.

  • Prov 30:30-31
    2 verses
    72%

    30The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And turneth not away for any;

    31The greyhound; The he-goat also; And the king against whom there is no rising up.

  • Isa 3:5
    72%

    5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

  • Jer 2:15
    72%

    15The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

  • Prov 17:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

    12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.

  • Num 23:24
    71%

    24Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.

  • Ps 37:14
    71%

    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.

  • Prov 19:12
    71%

    12The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.

  • Job 4:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

    11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

  • Prov 16:14
    71%

    14The wrath of a king is [as] messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.

  • Prov 29:12
    71%

    12If a ruler hearkeneth to falsehood, All his servants are wicked.

  • Ps 140:11
    71%

    11An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Prov 29:7
    71%

    7The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know [it] .

  • Prov 10:15
    71%

    15The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Nah 2:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion [and] the lioness walked, the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?

    12The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.

  • Zeph 3:3
    71%

    3Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.

  • Prov 14:28
    71%

    28In the multitude of people is the king's glory; But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

  • Prov 29:22
    70%

    22An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

  • Ezek 19:7
    70%

    7And he knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring.

  • Job 15:20
    70%

    20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

  • Ps 107:40
    70%

    40He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

  • Hos 13:7
    70%

    7Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;

  • Joel 1:6
    70%

    6For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

  • Prov 26:13
    70%

    13The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.