Proverbs 20:2 also compares a king's terror to a lion's growl — the same metaphor for oppressive rulers in Proverbs 28:15.

Proverbs 19:12 also compares a king's wrath to a lion's roar — the same metaphor for royal power, but there it contrasts with favor.

Exodus 1:22 shows Pharaoh's decree to kill Hebrew infants—the ultimate wicked ruler's violence against the helpless.

1 Peter 5:8 pictures the devil as a roaring lion — borrowing the same imagery Proverbs 28:15 uses for a wicked ruler.

Matthew 2:16 depicts Herod slaughtering Bethlehem's infants—a wicked ruler's violent oppression of the helpless.

Esther 3:6-10 shows Haman's plot to annihilate the Jews—a wicked ruler's (through his agent) oppression of a vulnerable people.

2 Kings 21:16 records Manasseh's shedding of innocent blood—a wicked ruler's oppression of his people.

2 Kings 15:16 recounts Menahem's brutality against a city—a literal example of a wicked ruler's oppression.

1 Samuel 22:17-19 describes Saul's massacre of the priests at Nob—a wicked ruler's violent oppression.

Exodus 1:14-16 records Pharaoh's cruel oppression of the Israelites—a direct example of a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Psalm 10:9 also uses lion imagery for the wicked preying on the helpless — the same predator-victim dynamic as here.

Ezekiel 19:7 describes a prince as a lion whose roaring terrifies the land — the same lion-roar image for a destructive ruler.

Zephaniah 3:3 uses the same 'roaring lions' imagery for wicked officials, reinforcing the depiction of oppressive rulers as predatory beasts.

1 Samuel 22:16 has Saul condemning Ahimelech to death—a wicked ruler's unjust judgment.

Revelation 13:2's beast has a bear's feet and lion's mouth, echoing the lion and bear imagery for oppressive rule in Proverbs.

2 Samuel 17:8 compares David to a bear robbed of cubs — the same bear imagery for a dangerous leader, though here it's a righteous one.

Hosea 13:8 uses the same bear image for God's fierce judgment—contrasting with a wicked ruler's oppression here.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 depicts the tears of the oppressed with no comforter — the same theme of helplessness under oppression.