Proverbs 28:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

As a roaring lyon, and an hungry beare, so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.

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  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked of the Wisemen, was exceeding wroth, and sent foorth, and slew all the male children that were in Beth-leem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two yeere old and vnder, according to the time which he had diligently searched out of the Wisemen.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, and watch: for your aduersarie the deuil as a roaring lyon walketh about, seeking whom he may deuoure:
  • 2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 Moreouer Manasseh shed innocent blood exceeding much, till hee replenished Ierusalem from corner to corner, beside his sinne wherwith he made Iudah to sinne, and to doe euill in the sight of the Lord.
  • Exod 1:22 : 22 Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Euery man childe that is borne, cast yee into the riuer, but reserue euery maide childe aliue.
  • 1 Sam 22:17-19 : 17 And the King sayde vnto the sergeantes that stoode about him, Turne, & slay the Priestes of the Lorde, because their hand also is with Dauid, and because they knewe when he fled, and shewed it not vnto mee. But the seruantes of the King would not moue their hands to fall vpon the Priests of the Lord. 18 Then the King sayde to Doeg, Turne thou and fall vpon the Priests; Doeg the Edomite turned, and ran vpon the Priestes, and slewe that same daye foure score and fiue persons that did weare a linen Ephod. 19 Also Nob the citie of the Priestes smote he with the edge of the sword, both man & woman, both childe and suckling, both oxe and asse, and sheepe with the edge of the sword.
  • 2 Kgs 2:24 : 24 And he turned backe, & looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord; two beares came out of the forest, and tare in pieces two and fourtie children of them.
  • 2 Kgs 15:16 : 16 Then Menahem destroyed Tiphsah, & all that were therein, & the coastes thereof from Tirzah, because they opened not to him, and he smote it, & ript vp all their women with childe.
  • Prov 19:12 : 12 The Kings wrath is like the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour is like the dewe vpon ye grasse.
  • Prov 20:2 : 2 The feare of the King is like the roaring of a lyon: hee that prouoketh him vnto anger, sinneth against his owne soule.
  • Hos 5:11 : 11 Ephraim is oppressed, and broken in iudgement, because he willingly walked after the commandement.
  • Hos 13:8 : 8 I will meete them, as a beare that is robbed of her whelpes, and I will breake the kall of their heart, and there will I deuoure them like a lion: the wilde beast shall teare them.
  • Esth 3:6-9 : 6 Now he thought it too litle to lay hands onely on Mordecai: & because they had shewed him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Iewes, that were throughout the whole kingdome of Ahashuerosh, euen the people of Mordecai. 7 In the first moneth (that is the moneth Nisan) in the twelft yere of King Ahashuerosh, they cast Pur (that is a lot) before Haman, from day to day, & from moneth to moneth, vnto the twelft moneth, that is the moneth Adar. 8 Then Haman said vnto King Ahashuerosh, There is a people scattered, and dispersed among the people in all the prouinces of thy kingdome, and their lawes are diuers from all people, and they doe not obserue the Kings lawes: therefore it is not the Kings profite to suffer them. 9 If it please the King, let it be written that they may he destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of siluer by the handes of them that haue the charge of this businesse to bring it into the Kings treasurie. 10 Then the King tooke his ring from his hand & gaue it vnto Haman the sonne of Hammedatha the Agagite the Iewes aduersarie.
  • Exod 1:14-16 : 14 Thus they made them weary of their liues by sore labour in clay & in bricke, & in al worke in the fielde, with all maner of bondage, which they layde vpon them most cruelly. 15 Moreouer the King of Egypt commanded ye midwiues of the Ebrewe women, (of which the ones name was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah) 16 And sayde, When ye doe the office of a midwife to the women of the Ebrewes, and see them on their stooles, if it be a sonne, then yee shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then let her liue.
  • Prov 17:12 : 12 It is better for a man to meete a beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole in his follie.

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    16A prince destitute of vnderstanding, is also a great oppressour: but hee that hateth couetousnes, shall prolong his dayes.

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    1The wicked flee when none pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.

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  • Ps 10:8-10
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    8He lieth in waite in the villages: in the secret places doeth hee murther the innocent: his eyes are bent against the poore.

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    10He croucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the poore doe fall by his might.

  • Prov 29:1-2
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    12Like as a lyon that is greedy of pray, and as it were a lyons whelp lurking in secret places.

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    38He hath forsaken his couert, as the lyon: for their land is waste, because of the wrath of the oppressor, & because of ye wrath of his indignatio.

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    16Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31He that oppresseth the poore, reprooueth him that made him: but hee honoureth him, that hath mercie on the poore.

  • Isa 5:29-30
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    29His roaring shalbe like a lyon, and he shall roare like lyons whelpes: they shall roare, and lay holde of the praye: they shall take it away, and none shall deliuer it.

    30And in that day they shal roare vpon them, as the roaring of the sea: and if they looke vnto the earth, beholde darkenesse, and sorowe, and the light shalbe darkened in their skie.

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  • Eccl 10:5
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    5There is an euil that I haue seene vnder the sunne, as an error that proceedeth from the face of him that ruleth.

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    10He was vnto me as a beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.

  • Ps 10:2
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    2The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.

  • Prov 22:7
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    7The rich ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruant to the man that lendeth.

  • Prov 28:14
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    14Blessed is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart, shal fall into euill.

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  • Prov 30:30-31
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    30A lyon which is strong among beastes, and turneth not at the sight of any:

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    24Behold, the people shal rise vp as a lyon, & lift vp himselfe as a yong lyon: hee shall not lye downe, till he eate of the pray, and till he drinke the blood of the slayne.

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    12The Kings wrath is like the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour is like the dewe vpon ye grasse.

  • Job 4:10-11
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    10The roaring of the Lion, and the voyce of the Lionesse, & the teeth of the Lions whelpes are broken.

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    11Where is the dwelling of the lyons, and the pasture of the lyons whelpes? where the lyon, and the lionesse walked, and the lyons whelpe, & none made them afrayde.

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    7And he knew their widowes, & he destroyed their cities, and the land was wasted, and all that was therein by the noyse of his roaring.

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    20The wicked man is continually as one that traueileth of childe, and the nomber of yeeres is hid from the tyrant.

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    7And I wil be vnto them as a very lyon, and as a leopard in the way of Asshur.

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