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 that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.
Job 38:39
Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
Isaiah 31:4
For thus saith Jehovah unto me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Jehovah of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.
Ezekiel 19:2
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
Amos 3:4
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

Seek

Psalm 147:9
He giveth to the beast his food, And to the young ravens which cry.
Job 38:41
Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, And wander for lack of food?
Joel 1:18
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
Joel 2:22
Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth its fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength.

General references

Genesis 9:2
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; With all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered.
Jeremiah 33:20
Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season;

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