Proverbs 28:15

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Like as a roaringe lyon and an hongrie beer, euen so is an vngodly prynce ouer the poore people.

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  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod perceauynge yt he was disceaued of the wyse men, was excedynge wroth, and sent forth, and slue all the chyldren that were in Bethleem, and in all the coastes there of, as many as were two yere olde and vnder, accordynge to the tyme which he had diligently searched out of the wyse men.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober and watch, for yor aduersary ye deuell, walketh aboute as a roaringe lyon, sekynge whom he maye deuoure,
  • 2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 Manasses also shed exceadinge moch innocet bloude, so longe tyll Ierusale was full on euery syde, without the synnes wherwith he caused Iuda for to synne, so yt they dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE.
  • Exod 1:22 : 22 Then Pharao commauded all his people and sayde: All the sonnes that are borne, cast in to the water, but let all the doughters lyue.
  • 1 Sam 22:17-19 : 17 And the kynge sayde to his fote men that stode by him: Turne you, and slaye the prestes of the LORDE, for their hande is with Dauid also. Not withstondinge the kynges seruauntes wolde not not laye their handes vpon ye prestes of the LORDE, to slaye them. 18 Then saide ye kynge vnto Doeg: Turne the, and slaye the prestes. Doeg the Edomite turned him, and slewe the prestes, so that the same daye there dyed fyue and foure score men, which wayre ouerbody cotes of lynnen. 19 And Nob the cite of the prestes smote he with the edge of the swerde, both men and wemen, children and sucklynges, oxen and asses, and shepe.
  • 2 Kgs 2:24 : 24 And he turned him aboute. And wha he sawe them, he cursed them in the name of the LORDE. Then came there two Beeres out of the wod, and rente two and fortye of the children.
  • 2 Kgs 15:16 : 16 At the same tyme dyd Manahem smyte Tiphsa, & all yt were therin, & the coastes therof from Thirza, because they wolde not let him in, and smote all their wemen wt childe, and rypte them vp.
  • Prov 19:12 : 12 The kynges disfauor is like ye roaringe of a Lyo, but his fredshpe is like the dewe vpo ye grasse.
  • Prov 20:2 : 2 The kynge ought to be feared as the roaringe of a lyon, who so prouoketh him vnto anger, offendeth agaynst his owne soule.
  • Hos 5:11 : 11 Ephraim is oppressed, and can haue no right of the lawe: for why? they folowe ye doctrynes of men.
  • Hos 13:8 : 8 I wil come vpon them as a she beer, that is robbed of hir welpes, and I wil breake that stubburne herte of theirs. There wil I deuoure them as a lyon: yee the wylde beastes shal teare them.
  • Esth 3:6-9 : 6 that he shulde laye hondes onely on Mardocheus: for they had shewed him ye people of Mardocheus, but he sought to destroye the people of Mardocheus, and all the people that were in the whole empyre of Ahasuerus. 7 In the first moneth that is the moneth Nissan, in ye twolueth yeare of kinge Ahasuerus, was there occasion and oportunyte sought by Aman, from one daye to another, and from the same moneth vnto the twolueth moneth, that is the moneth Adar. 8 And Ama sayde vnto kinge Ahasuerus: There is a people scatered abrode and dispersed amonge all people in all the londes of thine empire, and their lawe is cotrary vnto all people, and they do not after the kynges lawes, nether is it the kinges profit to suffre the after this maner. 9 Yf it please the kynge, let him wryte, that they maye be destroyed, & so wil I weye downe ten thousande talentes of siluer, vnder the handes of the workmen, to be brought in to the kynges chamber. 10 Then toke the kynge his rynge from his hande, and gaue it vnto Aman the sonne of Amadathi the Agagite the Iewes enemie.
  • Exod 1:14-16 : 14 and made their lyues bytter vnto them with greuous laboure in claye and brycke, and with allmaner of bondage in ye felde, and with allmaner of laboure, which they layed vpon them without mercy. 15 And the kynge of Egipte sayde vnto the mydwyues of the Hebrueswemen. (Of the which one was called Siphra, and the other Pua:) 16 Whan ye helpe the wemen of the Hebrues, and se vpon the stole, that it is a sonne, then slaye him: but yf it be a doughter, let her lyue.
  • Prov 17:12 : 12 It were better to come agaynst a she Bere robbed of hir whelpes, then agaynst a foole in his foolishnes.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 28:16
    80%

    16 Where the prynce is without vnderstondinge, there is greate oppression & wronge: but yf he be soch one as hateth couetousnesse, he shal longe raigne.

  • Prov 20:2
    77%

    2 The kynge ought to be feared as the roaringe of a lyon, who so prouoketh him vnto anger, offendeth agaynst his owne soule.

  • Prov 28:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1 The vngodly flyeth no man chasynge him, but the rightuous stondeth stiff as a lyon.

    2 Because of synne ye londe doth oft chaunge hir prynce: but thorow men of vnderstondinge & wy?dome a realme endureth longe.

    3 One poore man oppressinge another by violence, is like a contynuall rayne that destroyeth ye frute.

  • Ps 10:8-10
    3 verses
    75%

    8 He lyeth waytinge secretly, as it were a lyon in his denne. He lurketh that he maye rauysh the poore,

    9 yee to rauish the poore, when he hath gotten him in to his nett.

    10 Then smyteth he, then oppresseth he & casteth downe the poore with his auctorite.

  • Prov 29:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 He that is stiffnecked & wyll not be refourmed, shal sodenly be destroyed wt out eny helpe.

    2 Where ye rightuous haue the ouer hande, ye people are in prosperite: but where the vngodly beareth rule, there ye people mourne.

  • Ps 17:12
    75%

    12 Like as a lyon that is gredy of his pray, & as it were a lyons whelpe lurckynge in his denne.

  • Jer 25:38
    73%

    38 They shall forsake their foldes like as a lyon: For their londes shalbe waist, because of the wrath of the destroyer, and because of his fearfull indignacion.

  • Prov 22:16
    73%

    16 Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his owne riches, geueth (comoly) vnto the rich, and at the last commeth to pouerte himself.

  • Prov 14:31
    73%

    31 He that doth a poore man wroge, blasphemeth his maker: but who so hath pitie of the poore, doth honoure vnto God.

  • Isa 5:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29 Their crie is as it were of a lyon, and the roaringe of them like lyons whelpes. They shal roare, and hatch vp the praye, and no man shal recouer it or get it from the.

    30 In that daye they shalbe so fearce vpon them, as the see. And yf we loke vnto the londe, beholde, it shalbe all darcknesse and sorowe. Yf we loke to heauen: beholde, it shalbe darck with careful desperacion.

  • Ps 22:13
    73%

    13 They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as it were a rampinge and roaringe lyon.

  • Eccl 10:5
    73%

    5 Another plage is there, which I haue sene vnder the Sonne: namely, ye ignoraunce yt is comonly amonge prynces:

  • Lam 3:10
    73%

    10 He layeth waite for me like a Bere, and as a lyon in a hole.

  • Ps 10:2
    73%

    2 Whyle ye vngodly hath the ouer hande, the poore must suffre persecucion: O that they were taken in the ymaginacions which they go aboute.

  • Prov 22:7
    72%

    7 The rich ruleth the poore, and ye borower is seruaunt to ye lender.

  • Prov 28:14
    72%

    14 Well is him that stodeth allwaye in awe: as for him that hardeneth his herte, he shal fall in to mischefe.

  • Prov 29:14
    72%

    14 The seate of the kinge yt faithfully iudgeth the poore, shal continue sure for euermore.

  • Prov 30:30-31
    2 verses
    72%

    30 A Lyon which is kynge of beastes, & geueth place to no man:

    31 A cock ready to fight: A rame: And a kynge yt goeth forth wt his people.

  • Isa 3:5
    72%

    5 One shall euer be doinge violence and wronge to another. The boye shal presume agaynst the elder, and the vyle persone agaynst the honorable.

  • Jer 2:15
    72%

    15 Why do they roare and crie then vpon him, as a lyon? They haue made his londe wayst, his cities are so brent vp, that there is no man dwellinge in them.

  • Prov 17:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11 A sedicious personne seketh myschefe, but a cruell messaunger shal be sent agaynst him.

    12 It were better to come agaynst a she Bere robbed of hir whelpes, then agaynst a foole in his foolishnes.

  • Num 23:24
    71%

    24 Beholde, the people shall ryse vp as a Lyonesse, & heue vp him self as a Lyon. He shal not lye downe, tyll he eate of the pray, and drynke the bloude of the slayne.

  • Ps 37:14
    71%

    14 The vngodly drawe out the swerde & bende their bowe, to cast downe ye symple & poore, and to slaye soch as go ye right waye.

  • Prov 19:12
    71%

    12 The kynges disfauor is like ye roaringe of a Lyo, but his fredshpe is like the dewe vpo ye grasse.

  • Job 4:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10 The roaringe of the lyon, the cryenge off the lyonesse, & ye teth off ye lyos whelpes are broke.

    11 The greate lyon perysheth, because he ca get no pray and the lyons whelpes are scatred abrode.

  • Prov 16:14
    71%

    14 The kynges displeasure is a messaunger of death, but a wyse man wyl pacifie him.

  • Prov 29:12
    71%

    12 If a prynce delyte in lyes, all his seruauntes are vngodly.

  • Ps 140:11
    71%

    11 A man full of wordes shal not prospere vpon earth: a malicious & wicked person shal be hunted awaye and destroyed.

  • Prov 29:7
    71%

    7 The righteous considreth the cause of the poore, but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstondynge.

  • Prov 10:15
    71%

    15 The rich mas goodes are his stroge holde, but pouerte oppresseth the poore.

  • Nah 2:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11 Where is now the dwellinge of the lyos, and the pasture of the lyons whelpes? where the lyon and the lyonesse wente with the whelpes, and no man frayed them awaye?

    12 But the lyon spoyled ynough for his yonge ones, and deuoured for his lyonesse: he fylled his dennes with his pray, & his dwellinge place with that he had rauy?shed.

  • Zeph 3:3
    71%

    3 Hir rulers within her are as roaringe lyons: hir iudges are as wolues in the euenynge, which leaue nothinge behynde them till the morow.

  • Prov 14:28
    71%

    28 The increase and prosperite of the comons is the kynges honoure, but the decaye of the people is the confucio of the prynce.

  • Prov 29:22
    70%

    22 An angrie man stereth vp strife, and he that beareth euell wyll in his mynde, doth moch euell.

  • Ezek 19:7
    70%

    7 he destroyed their palaces, and made their cities waist: In so moch that the whole londe and euery thinge therin, were vtterly desolate, thorow the very voyce of his roaringe.

  • Job 15:20
    70%

    20 The vngodly despayreth all the dayes of his life, & the nombre of a tyrauntes yeares is vnknowne.

  • Ps 107:40
    70%

    40 Though he suffre the to be euell intreated thorow tyrauntes, or let them wandre out of the waye in the wildernesse:

  • Hos 13:7
    70%

    7 Therfore will I be vnto them as a lyon, and as a leoparde in ye waye to the Assirians.

  • Joel 1:6
    70%

    6 Yee a mightie & an innumerable people shall come vp in to my londe: these haue teth like the teth of lyons, & chaftbones like the lyonesses.

  • Prov 26:13
    70%

    13 The slouthfull sayeth: there is a leoparde in ye waye, and a lyon in ye myddest of the stretes.