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David replied to Saul, "Your servant has been a shepherd for his father's flock. Whenever a lion or bear would come and carry off a sheep from the flock,
Hushai went on to say, "You know your father and his men -- they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.
When he turned around and saw them, he called God's judgment down on them. Two female bears came out of the woods and ripped forty-two of the boys to pieces.
It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.
Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
A cow and a bear will graze together, their young will lie down together. A lion, like an ox, will eat straw.
Bear » Ferocity of
Hushai went on to say, "You know your father and his men -- they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.
It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.
Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
A cow and a bear will graze together, their young will lie down together. A lion, like an ox, will eat straw.
We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
(Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.
Then I told her, "You must live with me many days; you must not commit adultery or have sexual intercourse with another man, and I also will wait for you."
Bears » Illustrative of » Wicked rulers
Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Government » Wicked rulers
Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Listen to this, you leaders of the family of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You hate justice and pervert all that is right. You build Zion through bloody crimes, Jerusalem through unjust violence. Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the Lord and say, "The Lord is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!" read more.
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a hill overgrown with brush!
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a hill overgrown with brush!
Magistrates » Wicked--illustrated
Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.