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Proverbs 28:15
15A wicked ruler brings danger to poor people. He is as dangerous as an angry lion or a hungry bear.
Proverbs 28:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
- New International Version (NIV)Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Like a roaring lion and a charging bear Is a wicked ruler over poor people.
Context of Proverbs 28:15
13Anyone who hides his sins will never do well. But God will forgive somebody, if he agrees that he has done wrong things, and if he turns away from his sins. 14If you are afraid to do wrong things, God will bless you. But trouble will happen to anyone who refuses to obey. A wicked ruler brings danger to poor people. He is as dangerous as an angry lion or a hungry bear. 16If a ruler is cruel, it shows that he is not wise. But a ruler who refuses bribes will rule for a long time. 17Someone who is guilty of murder will be running until he dies. Nobody should help him to escape.
Read all of Proverbs 28Proverbs 28:15 word by word
אֲרִי־נֹ֭הֵם וְדֹ֣ב שׁוֹקֵ֑ק מֹשֵׁ֥ל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע עַ֣ל עַם־דָּֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 28:15
- Proverbs 20:2When the king is angry, he is as dangerous as a lion that roars. If you make him angry, you will lose your life.
- Hosea 5:11Terrible trouble will come to Ephraim's people. They will receive great punishment. They deserve that because they chose to worship idols.
- 1 Peter 5:8Think seriously about how you live. Watch carefully for danger. Remember that the Devil is your enemy. He wants to hurt you. He walks about like a hungry lion. He is looking for someone to kill and then eat them!
- Proverbs 17:12Do not go near a fool who is doing stupid things. It would be safer to meet a mother bear who has lost her babies.
- 2 Kings 2:24Elisha turned around and he looked at them. He asked the Lord to punish them. Two bears came out from the forest. They tore 42 of the boys in pieces.
- Hosea 13:8I will attack them like an angry bear that has lost her children. I will tear them into pieces. I will eat them like a hungry lion. I will attack them and kill them, like a wild animal.
- Exodus 1:14The Israelites became very upset because of all the difficult work. They had to build houses with bricks and mortar. They also did many different kinds of work in the fields. The Egyptians made the Israelites do all this difficult work.
- 1 Samuel 22:17Then the king said to the guards who were near him, ‘Now kill the Lord's priests! They have been helping David. They knew that he was running away from me. But they did not tell me.’ But the king's officers refused to hurt the Lord's priests.
- 2 Kings 15:16At that time, when Menahem came from Tirzah, he attacked the city of Tiphsah. The people who lived there refused to let him go into their city. So he killed them all. He even cut open the pregnant women.
- 2 Kings 21:16Also, Manasseh murdered many people who had not done anything wrong. Their blood was in all the streets of Jerusalem! He caused the people in Judah to do bad things too. He caused them to do things that the Lord said were evil.
- Esther 3:6But he did not want to destroy only Mordecai. Now he knew that Mordecai was a Jew, he decided to destroy all the Jews who lived in Xerxes' whole kingdom.
- Matthew 2:16When the wise men did not return to Herod, he was very angry. He knew that they had deceived him. So he sent his men to Bethlehem. He said to them, ‘Kill all the baby boys in Bethlehem. Kill the boys who live near there too. Kill all the boys who are two years old or younger than that.’ The wise men had told Herod how long ago they had first seen the special star. So he decided to kill the baby boys of that age.
Commentaries on Proverbs 28:15
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15The form of political wretchedness, when the poverty of the oppressed subjects not only embitters their sufferings, but exasperates the brutal ferocity of the ruler.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15Verse 15 A wicked ruler, whatever we may call him, this scripture calls a roaring lion, and a ranging bear.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15An unjust ruler will not help the poor. Like a roaring lion or an attacking bear, he ruins their lives.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. The rapacity and cruelty of such beasts well represent some wicked men (compare Psa 7:2; 17:12).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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