Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
A roaring
A ranging
Bible References
A roaring
Proverbs 20:2
The fear of a king is a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.
Hosea 5:11
Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command.
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,
A ranging
Proverbs 17:12
The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly.
2 Kings 2:24
And he looketh behind him, and seeth them, and declareth them vile in the name of Jehovah, and two bears come out of the forest, and rend of them forty and two lads.
Hosea 13:8
I do meet them as a bereaved bear, And I rend the enclosure of their heart.
So
Exodus 1:14
and make their lives bitter in hard service, in clay, and in brick, and in every kind of service in the field; all their service in which they have served is with rigour.
1 Samuel 22:17
And the king saith to runners, those standing by him, 'Turn round, and put to death the priests of Jehovah, because their hand also is with David, and because they have known that he is fleeing, and have not uncovered mine ear;' and the servants of the king have not been willing to put forth their hand to come against the priests of Jehovah.
2 Kings 15:16
Then doth Menahem smite Tiphsah, and all who are in it, and its borders from Tirzah, for it opened not to him, and he smiteth it, all its pregnant women he hath ripped up.
2 Kings 21:16
And also, innocent blood hath Manasseh shed very much, till that he hath filled Jerusalem -- mouth to mouth; apart from his sin that he hath caused Judah to sin, to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah.
Esther 3:6
and it is contemptible in his eyes to put forth a hand on Mordecai by himself, for they have declared to him the people of Mordecai, and Haman seeketh to destroy all the Jews who are in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus -- the people of Mordecai.
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the mages, was very wroth, and having sent forth, he slew all the male children in Beth-Lehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time that he inquired exactly from the mages.