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Animals » Names of » Bears
And David said to Saul, "Your servant has been a shepherd of the flock for his father. If the lion or the bear would come and carry off a sheep from the group,
Hushai continued, "You know your father and his men, that they [are] mighty warriors and they {are enraged} as a bear robbed of [her] offspring in the field. Your father [is] a man of war, so he will not spend the night with the troops.
When he turned around and saw them, he cursed them in the name of Yahweh. Then two bears came out of the forest and mauled forty-two boys among them.
[May] a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring and not a fool in his folly.
[Like] a roaring lion and a charging bear [is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.
And a cow and a bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together. And a lion shall eat straw like the cattle.
Bear » Ferocity of
Hushai continued, "You know your father and his men, that they [are] mighty warriors and they {are enraged} as a bear robbed of [her] offspring in the field. Your father [is] a man of war, so he will not spend the night with the troops.
[May] a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring and not a fool in his folly.
[Like] a roaring lion and a charging bear [is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.
And a cow and a bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together. And a lion shall eat straw like the cattle.
We all groan like bears, and we coo mutteringly like doves. We wait for justice, but there is none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.
And I said to her, "{You must remain as mine} for many days, and you will not play the whore; {you will not belong} to a man, and I [will] belong to you."
Bears » Illustrative of » Wicked rulers
[Like] a roaring lion and a charging bear [is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Government » Wicked rulers
[Like] a roaring lion and a charging bear [is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Hear this, O rulers of the house of Jacob and leaders of the house of Israel, those detesting justice and perverting all that [is] right, he who builds Zion with blood and Jerusalem with wickedness. Its rulers judge for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money. But they lean on Yahweh, saying, "[Is] not Yahweh in our midst? Disaster will not come upon us." read more.
Therefore on account of you Zion will be plowed [as] a field, and Jerusalem will be a heap of rubble, and {the temple mount} as a high place [in] a forest.
Therefore on account of you Zion will be plowed [as] a field, and Jerusalem will be a heap of rubble, and {the temple mount} as a high place [in] a forest.
Magistrates » Wicked--illustrated
[Like] a roaring lion and a charging bear [is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.