Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

The young

Psalm 34:10
The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;
But they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any good thing.
Job 38:39
“Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
Isaiah 31:4
For thus says the Lord to me,
“As the lion or the young lion growls over his prey,
Against which a band of shepherds is called out,
And he will not be terrified at their voice nor disturbed at their noise,
So will the Lord of hosts come down to wage war on Mount Zion and on its hill.”
Ezekiel 19:2
and say,
What was your mother?
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among young lions,
She reared her cubs.
Amos 3:4
Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey?
Does a young lion growl from his den unless he has captured something?

Seek

Psalm 147:9
He gives to the beast its food,
And to the young ravens which cry.
Job 38:41
“Who prepares for the raven its nourishment
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?
Joel 1:18
How the beasts groan!
The herds of cattle wander aimlessly
Because there is no pasture for them;
Even the flocks of sheep suffer.
Joel 2:22
Do not fear, beasts of the field,
For the pastures of the wilderness have turned green,
For the tree has borne its fruit,
The fig tree and the vine have yielded in full.

General references

Genesis 9:2
The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given.
Jeremiah 33:20
“Thus says the Lord, ‘If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time,