Proverbs 28:15

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Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 2:16 : 16 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.
  • 2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end, in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
  • Exod 1:22 : 22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people,“All sons that are born you must throw into the river, but all daughters you may let live.”
  • 1 Sam 22:17-19 : 17 Then the king said to the messengers who were stationed beside him,“Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, for they too have sided with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm the priests of the LORD. 18 Then the king said to Doeg,“You turn and strike down the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. 19 As for Nob, the city of the priests, he struck down with the sword men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep– all with the sword.
  • 2 Kgs 2:24 : 24 When he turned around and saw them, he called God’s judgment down on them. Two female bears came out of the woods and ripped forty-two of the boys to pieces.
  • 2 Kgs 15:16 : 16 At that time Menahem came from Tirzah and attacked Tiphsah. He struck down all who lived in the city and the surrounding territory, because they would not surrender. He even ripped open the pregnant women.
  • Prov 19:12 : 12 A king’s wrath is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
  • Prov 20:2 : 2 The king’s terrifying anger is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him sins against himself.
  • Hos 5:11 : 11 Ephraim will be oppressed, crushed under judgment, because he was determined to pursue worthless idols.
  • Hos 13:8 : 8 I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs– I will rip open their chests. I will devour them there like a lion– like a wild animal would tear them apart.
  • Esth 3:6-9 : 6 But the thought of striking out against Mordecai alone was repugnant to him, for he had been informed of the identity of Mordecai’s people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews(that is, the people of Mordecai) who were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus. 7 In the first month(that is, the month of Nisan), in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus’ reign, pur(that is, the lot) was cast before Haman in order to determine a day and a month. It turned out to be the twelfth month(that is, the month of Adar). 8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus,“There is a particular people that is dispersed and spread among the inhabitants throughout all the provinces of your kingdom whose laws differ from those of all other peoples. Furthermore, they do not observe the king’s laws. It is not appropriate for the king to provide a haven for them. 9 If the king is so inclined, let an edict be issued to destroy them. I will pay 10,000 talents of silver to be conveyed to the king’s treasuries for the officials who carry out this business.” 10 So the king removed his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, who was hostile toward the Jews.
  • Exod 1:14-16 : 14 They made their lives bitter by hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous. 15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, 16 “When you assist the Hebrew women in childbirth, observe at the delivery: If it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she may live.”
  • Prov 17:12 : 12 It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.

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    16The prince who is a great oppressor lacks wisdom, but the one who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

  • Prov 20:2
    77%

    2The king’s terrifying anger is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him sins against himself.

  • Prov 28:1-3
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    1Α wicked person fled, though no one was pursuing, but the righteous person can be as confident as a lion.

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    3A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

  • Ps 10:8-10
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    8He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.

    9He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

    10His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.

  • Prov 29:1-2
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    75%

    1The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

    2When the righteous become numerous, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.

  • Ps 17:12
    75%

    12He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.

  • Jer 25:38
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    38The LORD is like a lion who has left his lair. So their lands will certainly be laid waste by the warfare of the oppressive nation and by the fierce anger of the LORD.”

  • Prov 22:16
    73%

    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Prov 14:31
    73%

    31The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.

  • Isa 5:29-30
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    73%

    29Their roar is like a lion’s; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.

    30At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

  • Ps 22:13
    73%

    13They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.

  • Eccl 10:5
    73%

    5I have seen another misfortune on the earth: It is an error a ruler makes.

  • Lam 3:10
    73%

    10ד(Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.

  • Ps 10:2
    73%

    2The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.

  • Prov 22:7
    72%

    7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Prov 28:14
    72%

    14Blessed is the one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into evil.

  • Prov 29:14
    72%

    14If a king judges the poor in truth, his throne will be established forever.

  • Prov 30:30-31
    2 verses
    72%

    30a lion, mightiest of the beasts, who does not retreat from anything;

    31a strutting rooster, a male goat, and a king with his army around him.

  • Isa 3:5
    72%

    5The people will treat each other harshly; men will oppose each other; neighbors will fight. Youths will proudly defy the elderly and riffraff will challenge those who were once respected.

  • Jer 2:15
    72%

    15Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him; they raise their voices in triumph. They have laid his land waste; his cities have been burned down and deserted.

  • Prov 17:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11An evil person seeks only rebellion, and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

    12It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.

  • Num 23:24
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    24Indeed, the people will rise up like a lioness, and like a lion raises himself up; they will not lie down until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”

  • Ps 37:14
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    14Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.

  • Prov 19:12
    71%

    12A king’s wrath is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

  • Job 4:10-11
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    10There is the roaring of the lion and the growling of the young lion, but the teeth of the young lions are broken.

    11The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

  • Prov 16:14
    71%

    14A king’s wrath is like a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.

  • Prov 29:12
    71%

    12If a ruler listens to lies, all his ministers will be wicked.

  • Ps 140:11
    71%

    11A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.

  • Prov 29:7
    71%

    7The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

  • Prov 10:15
    71%

    15The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

  • Nah 2:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11Taunt against the Once-Mighty Lion Where now is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them?

    12The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh.

  • Zeph 3:3
    71%

    3Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.

  • Prov 14:28
    71%

    28A king’s glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler.

  • Prov 29:22
    70%

    22An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.

  • Ezek 19:7
    70%

    7He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.

  • Job 15:20
    70%

    20All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant.

  • Ps 107:40
    70%

    40He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

  • Hos 13:7
    70%

    7So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

  • Joel 1:6
    70%

    6For a nation has invaded my land, mighty and without number. Their teeth are lion’s teeth; they have the fangs of a lioness.

  • Prov 26:13
    70%

    13The sluggard has said,“There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”