Proverbs 28:15 · KJV
“{As} a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; {so is} a wicked ruler over the poor people.”
— Proverbs 28:15
Happy {is} the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
The prince that wanteth understanding {is} also a great oppressor: {but} he that hateth covetousness shall prolong {his} days.
Proverbs 28 — Context
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh {them} shall have mercy.
14Happy {is} the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
15{As} a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; {so is} a wicked ruler over the poor people.
16The prince that wanteth understanding {is} also a great oppressor: {but} he that hateth covetousness shall prolong {his} days.
17A man that doeth violence to the blood of {any} person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
Cross References
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Matthew 2:16
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
Exodus 1:22
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
Proverbs 20:2
The fear of a king {is} as the roaring of a lion: {whoso} provoketh him to anger sinneth {against} his own soul.
Proverbs 19:12
The king's wrath {is} as the roaring of a lion; but his favour {is} as dew upon the grass.
1 Samuel 22:17-19
And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also {is} with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD. {footmen: or, guard: Heb. runners}
Exodus 1:14-16
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, {was} with rigour.
2 Kings 21:16
Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing {that which was} evil in the sight of the LORD. {from...: Heb. from mouth to mouth}