Proverbs 28:15
As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 that is always fearful: but he that is hardened in mind, shall fall into evil.
Cross References
Exodus 1:14And they made their life bitter with hard works in clay, and brick, and with all manner of service, wherewith they were overcharged in the works of the earth.
1 Samuel 22:17And the king said to the messengers that stood about him: Turn, and kill the priests of the Lord, for their hand is with David, because they knew that he was fled, and they told it not to me. And the king's servants would not put forth their hands against the priests of the Lord.
2 Kings 15:16Then Manahem destroyed Thapsa and all that were in it and the borders thereof from Thersa, because they would not open to him: and he slew all the women thereof that were with child, and ripped them up.
Esther 3:6And he counted it nothing to lay his hands upon Mardochai alone: for he had heard that he was of the nation of the Jews, and he chose rather to destroy all the nation of the Jews that were in the kingdom of Assuerus.
Proverbs 19:12As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.
Isaiah 14:5The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the rod of the rulers,
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 →