Proverbs 28:15
As a roaring lyon, and an hungry beare, so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart, shall fall into euill.
Cross References
Exodus 1:14Thus they made them weary of their liues by sore labour in clay and in bricke, and in al worke in the fielde, with all maner of bondage, which they layde vpon them most cruelly.
1 Samuel 22:17And the King sayde vnto the sergeantes that stoode about him, Turne, and slay the Priestes of the Lord, because their hand also is with Dauid, and because they knewe when he fled, and shewed it not vnto mee. But the seruantes of the King would not moue their hands to fall vpon the Priests of the Lord.
2 Kings 15:16Then Menahem destroyed Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coastes thereof from Tirzah, because they opened not to him, and he smote it, and ript vp all their women with childe.
Esther 3:6Now he thought it too litle to lay hands onely on Mordecai: and because they had shewed him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Iewes, that were throughout the whole kingdome of Ahashuerosh, euen the people of Mordecai.
Proverbs 19:12The Kings wrath is like the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour is like the dewe vpon ye grasse.
Isaiah 14:5The Lord hath broken the rodde of the wicked, and the scepter 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 →