13 Bible Verses about Wolves
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Therefore smitten them hath a lion out of the forest, A wolf of the deserts doth spoil them, A leopard is watching over their cities, Every one who is going out of them is torn, For many have been their transgressions, Mighty have been their backslidings.
And met have Ziim with Aiim, And the goat for its companion calleth, Only there rested hath the night-owl, And hath found for herself a place of rest.
and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;
Swifter than leopards have been its horses, And sharper than evening wolves, And increased have its horsemen, Even its horsemen from afar come in, They fly as an eagle, hasting to consume.
Benjamin! a wolf teareth; In the morning he eateth prey, And at evening he apportioneth spoil.'
Her heads in her midst are roaring lions, Her judges are evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.
for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,
Its princes in its midst are as wolves, Tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, For the sake of gaining dishonest gain.
'But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.
'Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.
And a wolf hath sojourned with a lamb, And a leopard with a kid doth lie down, And calf, and young lion, and fatling are together, And a little youth is leader over them.
Wolf and lamb do feed as one, And a lion as an ox eateth straw, As to the serpent -- dust is its food, They do no evil, nor destroy, In all My holy mountain, said Jehovah!
From Thematic Bible
Names » Of the wicked » Wolves
'But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.
Wolves » Illustrative » Of wicked rulers
Her heads in her midst are roaring lions, Her judges are evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.
Its princes in its midst are as wolves, Tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, For the sake of gaining dishonest gain.
Wolves » Illustrative » Of fierce enemies
Therefore smitten them hath a lion out of the forest, A wolf of the deserts doth spoil them, A leopard is watching over their cities, Every one who is going out of them is torn, For many have been their transgressions, Mighty have been their backslidings.
Swifter than leopards have been its horses, And sharper than evening wolves, And increased have its horsemen, Even its horsemen from afar come in, They fly as an eagle, hasting to consume.
Wolves » Particularly fierce in the evening when it seeks its prey
Therefore smitten them hath a lion out of the forest, A wolf of the deserts doth spoil them, A leopard is watching over their cities, Every one who is going out of them is torn, For many have been their transgressions, Mighty have been their backslidings.
Swifter than leopards have been its horses, And sharper than evening wolves, And increased have its horsemen, Even its horsemen from afar come in, They fly as an eagle, hasting to consume.
Wolves » Illustrative » (taming of,) of the change effected by conversion
And a wolf hath sojourned with a lamb, And a leopard with a kid doth lie down, And calf, and young lion, and fatling are together, And a little youth is leader over them.
Wolf and lamb do feed as one, And a lion as an ox eateth straw, As to the serpent -- dust is its food, They do no evil, nor destroy, In all My holy mountain, said Jehovah!
Wolves » Illustrative » Of false teachers
'But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.
for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,
Wolves » Illustrative » Of the wicked
'Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.
Wolves » Illustrative » Of the tribe of benjamin
Benjamin! a wolf teareth; In the morning he eateth prey, And at evening he apportioneth spoil.'
Wolves » Rapacious nature of
Benjamin! a wolf teareth; In the morning he eateth prey, And at evening he apportioneth spoil.'
Wolves » Illustrative » Of the devil
and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;
Wolves » Destructive to flocks of sheep
and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;
Wolves » Wolves, a type of the wicked
'Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.
'But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.
and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;
for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,