8 Bible Verses about Bears
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And David said unto Saul, Your 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, you know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and your 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 charging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
And behold another beast, a second, like a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
And the beast that I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
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Animals » Names of » Bears
And David said unto Saul, Your 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, you know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and your 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 tore forty and two of the youths.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
As a roaring lion, and a charging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Bears » Illustrative of » God in his judgments
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the fat of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
Bears » Particularly fierce when deprived of its young
For, said Hushai, you know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and your 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.
Bears » Often attacks men
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 tore forty and two of the youths.
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Bears » Described as » Cunning
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
Bears » Miraculously killed by david
Your servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God. David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with you.
Bears » Illustrative of » The kingdom of antiChrist
And the beast that I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.
Bears » Illustrative of » Wicked rulers
As a roaring lion, and a charging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Bears » Attacks the flock in the presence of the shepherd
And David said unto Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
Bears » Growls when annoyed
We all growl like bears, and mourn greatly like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Bears » Inhabits woods
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 tore forty and two of the youths.
Bears » Illustrative of » The natural man
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
Bears » Illustrative of » The kingdom of the medes
And behold another beast, a second, like a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
Bears » Described as » Voracious
And behold another beast, a second, like a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
Bears » Described as » Cruel
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.