Proverbs 28:15-16

More Proverbs of Solomon

¹⁵ Like _b a roaring lion or _c a charging bear
is _d a wicked ruler over a poor people.
¹⁶ A ruler who _e lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor,
but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

1. Cross References
   Proverbs 19:12
   A king's wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
   1 Peter 5:8
   Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
   
2. Cross References
   2 Kings 2:24
   And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys.
   
3. Cross References
   Exodus 1:14
   And made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.
   Exodus 1:16
   "When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live."
   Exodus 1:22
   Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, "Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.
   Matthew 2:16
   Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.
   
4. Cross References
   Proverbs 6:32
   He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself.