8 Bible Verses about Bears

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1 Samuel 17:34

And David said to Saul, "Your servant has been a shepherd of the flock for his father. If the lion or the bear would come and carry off a sheep from the group,

2 Samuel 17:8

Hushai continued, "You know your father and his men, that they [are] mighty warriors and they {are enraged} as a bear robbed of [her] offspring in the field. Your father [is] a man of war, so he will not spend the night with the troops.

Proverbs 17:12

[May] a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring and not a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 28:15

[Like] a roaring lion and a charging bear [is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Daniel 7:5

And look, another beast, a second one, looking like a bear. And it was raised up on one side and three tusks [were] in its mouth between its teeth, and so {it was told}, "Arise, eat much flesh!"

Revelation 13:2

And the beast that I saw was similar to a leopard, and its feet [were] like a bear's, and its mouth [was] like the mouth of a lion, and the dragon gave it his power and his throne and great authority.

Isaiah 11:7

And a cow and a bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together. And a lion shall eat straw like the cattle.

Job 9:9

[He is the one] who made [the] Bear [and] Orion, [the] Pleiades and [the] constellations of [the] south.

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Animals » Names of » Bears

1 Samuel 17:34

And David said to Saul, "Your servant has been a shepherd of the flock for his father. If the lion or the bear would come and carry off a sheep from the group,

2 Samuel 17:8

Hushai continued, "You know your father and his men, that they [are] mighty warriors and they {are enraged} as a bear robbed of [her] offspring in the field. Your father [is] a man of war, so he will not spend the night with the troops.

2 Kings 2:24

When he turned around and saw them, he cursed them in the name of Yahweh. Then two bears came out of the forest and mauled forty-two boys among them.

Proverbs 17:12

[May] a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring and not a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 28:15

[Like] a roaring lion and a charging bear [is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.

More verses: Isaiah 11:7

Bears » Illustrative of » God in his judgments

Lamentations 3:10

To me he [is] like a bear lying in wait, a lion in hiding.

Hosea 13:8

I will attack them like a bear robbed of her offspring, and I will tear open the covering of their heart; there I will devour them like a lion, like an animal of the field would mutilate them.

Bears » Particularly fierce when deprived of its young

2 Samuel 17:8

Hushai continued, "You know your father and his men, that they [are] mighty warriors and they {are enraged} as a bear robbed of [her] offspring in the field. Your father [is] a man of war, so he will not spend the night with the troops.

Proverbs 17:12

[May] a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring and not a fool in his folly.

Bears » Often attacks men

2 Kings 2:24

When he turned around and saw them, he cursed them in the name of Yahweh. Then two bears came out of the forest and mauled forty-two boys among them.

Amos 5:19

[It will be] as [if] a man fled from a lion and a bear met him; or he went [into] the house and leaned his hand against the wall and a snake bit him.

Bears » Described as » Cunning

Lamentations 3:10

To me he [is] like a bear lying in wait, a lion in hiding.

Bears » Miraculously killed by david

1 Samuel 17:36-37

Your servant has struck down both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he defied the battle lines of the living God." And David said, "Yahweh, who rescued me from the hand of the lion and from the hand of the bear, will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine!" Then Saul said to David, "Go and may Yahweh be with you!"

Bears » Illustrative of » The kingdom of antiChrist

Revelation 13:2

And the beast that I saw was similar to a leopard, and its feet [were] like a bear's, and its mouth [was] like the mouth of a lion, and the dragon gave it his power and his throne and great authority.

Bears » Illustrative of » Wicked rulers

Proverbs 28:15

[Like] a roaring lion and a charging bear [is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Bears » Attacks the flock in the presence of the shepherd

1 Samuel 17:34

And David said to Saul, "Your servant has been a shepherd of the flock for his father. If the lion or the bear would come and carry off a sheep from the group,

Bears » Growls when annoyed

Isaiah 59:11

We all groan like bears, and we coo mutteringly like doves. We wait for justice, but there is none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.

Bears » Inhabits woods

2 Kings 2:24

When he turned around and saw them, he cursed them in the name of Yahweh. Then two bears came out of the forest and mauled forty-two boys among them.

Bears » Illustrative of » The natural man

Isaiah 11:7

And a cow and a bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together. And a lion shall eat straw like the cattle.

Bears » Illustrative of » The kingdom of the medes

Daniel 7:5

And look, another beast, a second one, looking like a bear. And it was raised up on one side and three tusks [were] in its mouth between its teeth, and so {it was told}, "Arise, eat much flesh!"

Bears » Described as » Voracious

Daniel 7:5

And look, another beast, a second one, looking like a bear. And it was raised up on one side and three tusks [were] in its mouth between its teeth, and so {it was told}, "Arise, eat much flesh!"

Bears » Described as » Cruel

Amos 5:19

[It will be] as [if] a man fled from a lion and a bear met him; or he went [into] the house and leaned his hand against the wall and a snake bit him.

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