13 Bible Verses about Wolves

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Jeremiah 5:6

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.

Isaiah 34:14

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.

John 10:12

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;

Habakkuk 1:8

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.

Genesis 49:27

Benjamin! a wolf teareth; In the morning he eateth prey, And at evening he apportioneth spoil.'

Zephaniah 3:3

Her heads in her midst are roaring lions, Her judges are evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.

Acts 20:29

for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,

Ezekiel 22:27

Its princes in its midst are as wolves, Tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, For the sake of gaining dishonest gain.

Luke 10:3

'Go away; lo, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves;

Isaiah 11:6

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.

Isaiah 65:25

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!

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Names » Of the wicked » Wolves

Wolves » Illustrative » Of wicked rulers

Zephaniah 3:3

Her heads in her midst are roaring lions, Her judges are evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.

Ezekiel 22:27

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

Jeremiah 5:6

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.

Habakkuk 1:8

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

Jeremiah 5:6

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.

Habakkuk 1:8

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

Isaiah 11:6

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.

Isaiah 65:25

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

Acts 20:29

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

Luke 10:3

'Go away; lo, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves;

Wolves » Illustrative » Of the tribe of benjamin

Genesis 49:27

Benjamin! a wolf teareth; In the morning he eateth prey, And at evening he apportioneth spoil.'

Wolves » Rapacious nature of

Genesis 49:27

Benjamin! a wolf teareth; In the morning he eateth prey, And at evening he apportioneth spoil.'

Wolves » Illustrative » Of the devil

John 10:12

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

John 10:12

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

John 10:12

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;

Acts 20:29

for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,

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