Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.

Cross References (14)

  • 1 Peter 5:8 (5)

    Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

  • Matthew 2:16 (5)

    When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the

  • Proverbs 20:2 (4)

    The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.

  • Proverbs 19:12 (4)

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

  • Exodus 1:14–16 (3)

    and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service

  • 1 Samuel 22:17–19 (3)

    Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David.

  • 2 Kings 21:16 (3)

    Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he

  • Exodus 1:22 (3)

    Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter y

  • 2 Kings 15:16 (2)

    At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open t

  • Hosea 5:11 (2)

    Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.

  • Esther 3:6–10 (2)

    And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead,

  • Proverbs 17:12 (2)

    It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

  • Hosea 13:8 (2)

    Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a li

  • 2 Kings 2:24 (2)

    Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bear