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 suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no 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 the LORD said to me, "As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey, and when a band of shepherds is called out against him he is not terrified by their shouting or daunted at their noise, so the LORD of hosts will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill.
Ezekiel 19:2
and say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of 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 cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing?

Seek

Psalm 147:9
He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.
Job 38:41
Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food?
Joel 1:18
How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep suffer.
Joel 2:22
Fear not, you beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness are green; the tree bears its fruit; the fig tree and vine give their full yield.

General references

Genesis 9:2
The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered.
Jeremiah 33:20
"Thus says the LORD: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night will not come at their appointed time,

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