1 Peter 5:8

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1 Peter 5:8

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Summary

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Sober

Your

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Walketh

Job 1:7

Job 2:2

Devour

Ezekiel 22:25

Daniel 6:24

Hosea 13:8

General references

Ephesians 4:27

Bible References

Sober

Brace up your minds. Remain sober, and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

The end of all things is near. Be of sound mind and judgment. Also be sober for the purpose of prayer.

But if that evil servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays,

If that servant says in his heart, my master delays his coming; and beats the other servants and eats and drinks to excess,

Be awake so your hearts are not weighed down. Do not allow the weight of worldly involvement, drunkenness, and cares of this life be a snare when that day suddenly comes.

You know the time. It is the hour for you to awake from sleep. Now our salvation is nearer than when we became believers.

Therefore, let us not sleep like others do. But let us watch and be sober.

Likewise I want women to be adorned in modest clothing, with modesty and soundness of mind; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly clothes;

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate in habits, sound in mind, orderly, hospitable, qualified to teach;

but given to hospitality, as a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;

Aged men should be temperate, serious, sound in mind, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

Your

Esther said: Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.

The day came when heavenly beings appeared before Jehovah (YHWH). Satan was there among them.

Jehovah asked Satan: Where have you come from? Satan replied to Jehovah: From wandering all over the earth.

Appoint the evil one to oppose him. Let an accuser stand at his right hand.

He showed me Joshua the high priest. Joshua was standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan was standing at his right hand to be his adversary.

Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat.

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Samson went to Timnah with his father and mother. When they traveled through the vineyards he heard a young lion roaring.

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

The king's anger is like the roaring of a lion but his favor is like dew upon the grass.

Fear of a king is like the roar of a lion. Provoke him to anger and sin against yourself.

They roar like a lioness. They growl like a young lion. They growl as they snatch their prey and carry it off to where no one can rescue it.

O how you have fallen from heaven, you morning star (shining one), and son of the dawn! How you have been cut down to the ground, you who conquered nations!

Young lions have roared at them. Young lions have turned the land into waste. The cities have been destroyed, without inhabitant.

They will roar together like young lions. They will growl like lions' cubs.

He broke down their strongholds and devastated their towns. His roaring terrified the residents of the land.

They will follow Jehovah! He will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.

Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem. The heavens and the earth will shake: but Jehovah will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.

He said: Jehovah (YHWH) roars from Zion! He utters his voice from Jerusalem! The pastures of the shepherds mourn for lack of water. The top of Carmel withers.

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

Listen to the wailing of the shepherds! Their glory is destroyed! Listen to the roaring of young lions! The pride of the Jordan is laid waste.

But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the people of the nations might hear. I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion (Satan the Devil) (great danger) (1 Peter 5:8) (Psalm 22:21) (1 Thessalonians 2:18).

Therefore rejoice (be glad), you heavens, and you that dwell in them. But woe to the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having fierce anger, because he knows that he has only a short time.

Walketh

Jehovah asked him: What have you been doing? Satan answered: I have been walking here and there and roaming around the earth.

Jehovah asked Satan: Where have you come from? Satan replied to Jehovah: From wandering all over the earth.

Devour

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured lives. They have taken treasure and precious things. They have made many widows in the midst of her.

The king commanded that the men that accused Daniel and had him thrown into the den of lions be thrown into the den of lions. They cast them into the den of lions, their children, and their wives; and the lions killed them and broke their bones in pieces before they reached the bottom of the den.

Like a bear that has lost her cubs, I will attack you. I will rip you open. Like a lion I will devour you. Like a wild animal I will tear you apart.

General references

Watch therefore, for you do not know the day or the hour.

They pleaded with Jesus: Send us into the pigs!

Be awake (beware) (be cautious and active), watch (perceive) and pray, for you do not know the time.

that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

Do not give the devil an opportunity.