THEOSISProverbs 28:15Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people.
אֲרִי־נֹ֭הֵם וְדֹ֣ב שׁוֹקֵ֑ק מֹשֵׁ֥ל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע עַ֣ל עַם־דָּֽל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Matt 2:16Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry: and sending killed all the menchildren that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
- Prov 20:2As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.
- 1 Pet 5:8Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.
- Prov 19:12As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.
- Ex 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.
- Ex 1:16Commanding them: When you shall do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery is come: if it be a man child, kill it: if a woman, keep it alive.
- 1 Sam 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.
- 1 Sam 22:19And Nobe, the city of the priests, he smote with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and ox, and ass, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.