Proverbs 28:15
An impious leader over a poor people is like a roaring lion and a hungry bear.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
In Context
14Blessed is the man who is ever fearful. Yet truly, whoever is hardened in mind will fall into evil.
Cross References
Exodus 1:14And they led their life directly into bitterness, with hard work in clay and brick, and with all kinds of servitude, so that they were being overwhelmed with the works of the land.
1 Samuel 22:17And the king said to the emissaries who were standing around him: “You shall turn, and put to death the priests of the Lord. For their hand is with David. They knew that he had fled, and they did not reveal it to me.” But the servants of the king were not willing to extend their hands against the priests of the Lord.
2 Kings 15:16Then Menahem struck Tirzah, and all who were in it, and its borders around Tirzah. For they were not willing to open to him. And he killed all of its pregnant women, and he tore them open.
Esther 3:6And he considered it pointless to lay his hands on Mordecai alone, for he had heard that he was part of the Jewish people. And so he wanted more: to destroy the entire nation of the Jews, who were in the kingdom of Artaxerxes.
Proverbs 19:12Like the roaring of a lion, so also is the wrath of a king. And his cheerfulness is like the dew upon the grass.
Isaiah 14:5The Lord has crushed the staff of the impious, the scepter of despots,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:15
14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. Here is, 1. The benefit of a holy caution. It sounds strangely, but it is very true: Happy is the man that feareth always. Most people think that those are happy who never fear; but there is a fear which is so far from having torment in it that it has in it the greatest satisfaction. Happy is the man who always keeps up in his mind a holy awe and reverence of God, his glory, goodness, and government, who is always… Read the whole commentary →