Proverbs 28:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.

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  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;
  • 2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 More than this, Manasseh took the lives of upright men, till Jerusalem from one end to the other was full of blood; in addition to his sin in making Judah do evil in the eyes of the Lord.
  • Exod 1:22 : 22 And Pharaoh gave orders to all his people, saying, Every son who comes to birth is to be put into the river, but every daughter may go on living.
  • 1 Sam 22:17-19 : 17 Then the king said to the runners who were waiting near him, Put the priests of the Lord to death; because they are on David's side, and having knowledge of his flight, did not give me word of it. But the king's servants would not put out their hands to make an attack on the Lord's priests. 18 Then the king said to Doeg, You are to put the priests to death. And Doeg the Edomite, turning on the priests and attacking them, put to death that day eighty-five men who took up the ephod. 19 And Nob, the town of the priests, he put to the sword, all the men and women, children and babies at the breast, and oxen and asses and sheep.
  • 2 Kgs 2:24 : 24 And turning back, he saw them, and put a curse on them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the wood and put forty-two of the children to death.
  • 2 Kgs 15:16 : 16 Then Menahem sent destruction on Tappuah and all the people in it, and its limits, from Tirzah, because they would not let him come in; and he had all the women who were with child cut open.
  • Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.
  • Prov 20:2 : 2 The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.
  • Hos 5:11 : 11 Ephraim is troubled; he is crushed by his judges, because he took pleasure in walking after deceit.
  • Hos 13:8 : 8 I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.
  • Esth 3:6-9 : 6 But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus. 7 In the first month, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, from day to day and from month to month they went on looking for a sign given by Pur (that is chance) before Haman, till the sign came out for the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar. 8 And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of any other nation, and they do not keep the king's laws: for this reason it is not right for the king to let them be. 9 If it is the king's pleasure, let a statement ordering their destruction be put in writing: and I will give to those responsible for the king's business, ten thousand talents of silver for the king's store-house. 10 And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of the Jews.
  • Exod 1:14-16 : 14 And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions. 15 And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew women who gave help at the time of childbirth (the name of the one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah), 16 When you are looking after the Hebrew women in childbirth, if it is a son you are to put him to death; but if it is a daughter, she may go on living.
  • Prov 17:12 : 12 It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.

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    16 The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.

  • Prov 20:2
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    2 The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.

  • Prov 28:1-3
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    1 The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.

    2 Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.

    3 A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.

  • Ps 10:8-10
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    8 He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

    9 He keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his hole, waiting to put his hands on the poor man, and pulling him into his net.

    10 The upright are crushed and made low, and the feeble are overcome by his strong ones.

  • Prov 29:1-2
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    1 A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.

    2 When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.

  • Ps 17:12
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    12 Like a lion desiring its food, and like a young lion waiting in secret places.

  • Jer 25:38
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    38 The lion has come out of his secret place, for the land has become a waste because of the cruel sword, and because of the heat of his wrath.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31 He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

  • Isa 5:29-30
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    29 The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of young lions: with loud cries they will come down on their food and will take it away safely, and there will be no one to take it out of their hands.

    30 And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.

  • Ps 22:13
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    13 I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.

  • Eccl 10:5
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    5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which comes by chance from a ruler:

  • Lam 3:10
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    10 He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.

  • Ps 10:2
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    2 The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

  • Prov 22:7
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    7 The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.

  • Prov 28:14
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    14 Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble.

  • Prov 29:14
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    14 The king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power.

  • Prov 30:30-31
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    30 The lion, which is strongest among beasts, not turning from his way for any;

    31 The war-horse, and the he-goat, and the king when his army is with him.

  • Isa 3:5
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    5 And the people will be crushed, every one by his neighbour; the young will be full of pride against the old, and those of low position will be lifted up against the noble.

  • Jer 2:15
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    15 The young lions have made an outcry against him with a loud voice: they have made his land waste; his towns are burned up, with no one living in them.

  • Prov 17:11-12
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    11 An uncontrolled man is only looking for trouble, so a cruel servant will be sent against him.

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    14 The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

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    12 The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.

  • Job 4:10-11
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    10 Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken.

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  • Prov 16:14
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    14 The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.

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    12 If a ruler gives attention to false words, all his servants are evil-doers.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11 Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15 The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

  • Nah 2:11-12
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    11 Everything has been taken from her, all is gone, she has nothing more: the heart is turned to water, the knees are shaking, all are twisted in pain, and colour has gone from all faces.

    12 Where is the lions' hole, the place where the young lions got their food, where the lion and the she-lion were walking with their young, without cause for fear?

  • Zeph 3:3
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    3 Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.

  • Prov 14:28
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    28 A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.

  • Prov 29:22
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    22 An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.

  • Ezek 19:7
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    7 And he sent destruction on their widows and made waste their towns; and the land and everything in it became waste because of the loud sound of his voice.

  • Job 15:20
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    20 The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.

  • Ps 107:40
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    40 He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.

  • Hos 13:7
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    7 So I will be like a lion to them; as a cruel beast I will keep watch by the road;

  • Joel 1:6
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    6 For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the back teeth of a great lion.

  • Prov 26:13
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    13 The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.