8 Bible Verses about Bears

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1 Samuel 17:34

But David said to Saul, "Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock,

2 Samuel 17:8

Hushai said, "You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged,like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the people.

Proverbs 17:12

Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.

Daniel 7:5

And behold, another beast, a second one, like a bear. It was raised up on one side. It had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, 'Arise, devour much flesh.'

Revelation 13:2

And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority.

Isaiah 11:7

The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

Job 9:9

who made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the chambers of the south;

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Animals » Names of » Bears

1 Samuel 17:34

But David said to Saul, "Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock,

2 Samuel 17:8

Hushai said, "You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged,like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the people.

2 Kings 2:24

And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys.

Proverbs 17:12

Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.

More verses: Isaiah 11:7

Bears » Illustrative of » God in his judgments

Lamentations 3:10

He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding;

Hosea 13:8

I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs; I will tear open their breast, and there I will devour them like a lion, as a wild beast would rip them open.

Bears » Particularly fierce when deprived of its young

2 Samuel 17:8

Hushai said, "You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged,like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the people.

Proverbs 17:12

Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.

Bears » Often attacks men

2 Kings 2:24

And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys.

Amos 5:19

as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him, or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall, and a serpent bit him.

Bears » Described as » Cunning

Lamentations 3:10

He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding;

Bears » Miraculously killed by david

1 Samuel 17:36-37

Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God." And David said, "The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "Go, and the LORD be with you!"

Bears » Illustrative of » The kingdom of antiChrist

Revelation 13:2

And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority.

Bears » Illustrative of » Wicked rulers

Bears » Attacks the flock in the presence of the shepherd

1 Samuel 17:34

But David said to Saul, "Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock,

Bears » Growls when annoyed

Isaiah 59:11

We all growl like bears; we moan and moan like doves; we hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

Bears » Inhabits woods

2 Kings 2:24

And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys.

Bears » Illustrative of » The natural man

Isaiah 11:7

The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

Bears » Illustrative of » The kingdom of the medes

Daniel 7:5

And behold, another beast, a second one, like a bear. It was raised up on one side. It had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, 'Arise, devour much flesh.'

Bears » Described as » Voracious

Daniel 7:5

And behold, another beast, a second one, like a bear. It was raised up on one side. It had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, 'Arise, devour much flesh.'

Bears » Described as » Cruel

Amos 5:19

as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him, or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall, and a serpent bit him.

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