Thematic Bible
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Animals » Names of » Bears
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
Bear » Ferocity of
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.
Bears » Illustrative of » Wicked rulers
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Government » Wicked rulers
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us. read more.
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
Magistrates » Wicked--illustrated
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.