Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
A lion
And a wolf
A leopard
General references
Bible References
A lion
Jeremiah 2:15
The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate: his cities are burned, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 4:7
The lion is come up from his thicket, the destroyer of the nations is on his way; he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate; thy cities shall be laid waste, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 25:38
He hath forsaken his covert as a young lion; for their land is a desolation because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
Jeremiah 49:19
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will make them suddenly run away from it; and who is a chosen man whom I shall appoint over her? For who is like me? and who will assign me a time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Ezekiel 14:16
though these three men should be in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters: they only should be delivered, and the land should be a desolation.
Daniel 7:4
The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till its wings were plucked; and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon two feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
Hosea 5:14
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, I will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.
Hosea 13:7
And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;
Amos 5:18
Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! To what end is the day of Jehovah for you? It shall be darkness and not light:
Nahum 2:11
Where is now the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion, the lioness, and the lion's whelp walked, and none made them afraid?
And a wolf
Psalm 104:20
Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:
Ezekiel 22:27
Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
Habakkuk 1:8
And their horses are swifter than the leopards, and are more agile than the evening wolves; and their horsemen prance proudly, and their horsemen come from afar: they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.
Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, that leave nothing for the morning.
A leopard
Daniel 7:6
After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, and it had four wings of a bird upon its back; and the beast had four heads; and dominion was given to it.
Hosea 13:7
And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;
Revelation 13:2
And the beast which I saw was like to a leopardess, and its feet as of a bear, and its mouth as a lion's mouth; and the dragon gave to it his power, and his throne, and great authority;
General references
Hosea 13:7
And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;