Proverbs 28:15 “Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helple…”

Proverbs 28:15

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

World English Bible

As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

American Standard Version

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, So is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

A roaring lion, and a ranging bear, is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Young's Literal Translation

A growling lion, and a ranging bear, [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people.

Bible in Basic English

Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.

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Cross references

“a roaring”

1 Peter 5:8 Proverbs 20:2 Hosea 5:11

1 Peter 5:8 · BSB

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

Proverbs 20:2 · BSB

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

Hosea 5:11 · BSB

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

“a ranging”

Proverbs 17:12 2 Kings 2:24 Hosea 13:8

Proverbs 17:12 · BSB

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

2 Kings 2:24 · BSB

Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

Hosea 13:8 · BSB

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 lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.

“so”

Matthew 2:16 Exodus 1:22 Exodus 1:14–16 1 Samuel 22:17–19 2 Kings 21:16 2 Kings 15:16

Matthew 2:16 · BSB

When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had le…

Exodus 1:22 · BSB

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”

Exodus 1:14–16 · BSB

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

1 Samuel 22:17–19 · BSB

Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a h…

2 Kings 21:16 · BSB

Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.

2 Kings 15:16 · BSB

At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.

Also

Proverbs 19:12

Proverbs 19:12 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

16A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.

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