But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord is late to come, and should begin to beat the servant boys and the servant girls, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,

But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.

And this, knowing the time, that the hour is now for us to awake out of sleep. For our salvation is now nearer than when we believed.

So then let us not sleep, as also the others, but let us watch and be sober.

And similarly, the women to adorn themselves in disciplined decorum, with reverence and sobriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive apparel,

The overseer therefore must be blameless, the husband of one wife, without wine, serious minded, disciplined, loving strangers, able to teach,

but a lover of strangers, a lover of good, serious minded, just, devout, self-controlled,

Aged men are to be without wine, noble, serious minded, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance.

Your

And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before LORD, that Satan also came among them.

And LORD said to Satan, From where did thou come? And Satan answered LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.

Set thou a wicked man over him, and let an adversary stand at his right hand.

And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the agent of LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you to sift you as wheat,

As

Then Samson went down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah. And, behold, a young lion roared against him.

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as dew upon the grass.

The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger sins [against] his own life.

Their roaring shall be like a lioness. They shall roar like young lions. Yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.

How thou are fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! How thou are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!

The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled, and they have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

They shall roar together like young lions. They shall growl as lions' whelps.

And he knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities. And the land was desolate, and the fullness of it, because of the noise of his roaring.

They shall walk after LORD, who will roar like a lion. For he will roar, and the sons shall come trembling from the west.

And LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shall shake. But LORD will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the sons of Israel.

And he said, LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem, and the pastures of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has taken nothing?

A voice of the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is destroyed. A voice of the roaring of young lions, for the pride of the Jordan is laid waste.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the sacred message might be brought to fullness, and all the Gentiles might hear. And I was rescued out of the mouth of the lion.

Rejoice because of this, O heavens, and ye who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has little time.

Walketh

And LORD said to Satan, From where do thou come? Then Satan answered LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.

And LORD said to Satan, From where did thou come? And Satan answered LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.

Devour

There is a conspiracy by her prophets in the midst of it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey. They have devoured souls. They take treasure and precious things. They have made her widows many in the midst thereof.

And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their sons, and their wives. And the lions had the mastery of them, and broke all their bones in pieces, bef

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart. And there I will devour them like a lioness. The wild beast shall tear them.

General references

Watch therefore, because ye know not the day nor the hour in which the son of man comes.

And all the demons besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, so that we may enter into them.

Watch ye! Be alert and pray, for ye know not when the time is,

so that we may not be exploited by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his methods.

neither give place to the devil.