Proverbs 28:15
[As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, [So is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.
American Standard 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
14Happy is the man that feareth alway; But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Cross References
Exodus 1:14and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor.
1 Samuel 22:17And the king said unto the guard that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of Jehovah; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of Jehovah.
2 Kings 15:16Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the borders thereof, from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
Esther 3:6But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
Proverbs 19:12The king`s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
Isaiah 14:5Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre 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 →