Thematic Bible: Wolf
Thematic Bible
Beasts » Unclean » Wolf
“Benjamin is a
In the morning he devours the prey,
And at night he divides the spoil.”
Wolf » Ravenous
Therefore a lion from the forest will kill them,
A wolf of the deserts will destroy them,
A leopard is watching their cities.
Everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces,
Because their transgressions are many,
Their desertions of faith are countless.
“Benjamin is a
In the morning he devours the prey,
And at night he divides the spoil.”
Her officials within her are roaring lions;
Her judges are [as hungry as] the wolves at evening,
They leave nothing for the morning.
Her princes within her are like wolves tearing and devouring the prey, shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.
Wolf » Figurative » Of the enemies of the righteous
I know that after I am gone, [false teachers like] ferocious wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;
Wolf » Figurative » Of the reconciling power of the gospel
And the wolf will dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion and the fatted steer together;
And a little child will lead them.