6 Bible Verses about Foxes

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Judges 15:3-5

Then Samson said to them, This time I will give payment in full to the Philistines, for I am going to do them great evil. So Samson went and got three hundred foxes and some sticks of fire-wood; and he put the foxes tail to tail with a stick between every two tails; Then firing the sticks, he let the foxes loose among the uncut grain of the Philistines, and all the corded stems as well as the living grain and the vine-gardens and the olives went up in flames.

Judges 15:4

So Samson went and got three hundred foxes and some sticks of fire-wood; and he put the foxes tail to tail with a stick between every two tails;

Nehemiah 4:3

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Such is their building that if a fox goes up it, their stone wall will be broken down.

Luke 13:32

And he said, Go and say to that fox, I send out evil spirits and do works of mercy today and tomorrow, and on the third day my work will be complete.

Song of Solomon 2:15

Take for us the foxes, the little foxes, which do damage to the vines; our vines have young grapes.

Ezekiel 13:4

O Israel, your prophets have been like jackals in the waste places.

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Animals » Names of » Foxes

Nehemiah 4:3

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Such is their building that if a fox goes up it, their stone wall will be broken down.

Judges 15:4

So Samson went and got three hundred foxes and some sticks of fire-wood; and he put the foxes tail to tail with a stick between every two tails;

Song of Songs 2:15

Take for us the foxes, the little foxes, which do damage to the vines; our vines have young grapes.

Foxes » Abounded in palestine

Judges 15:4

So Samson went and got three hundred foxes and some sticks of fire-wood; and he put the foxes tail to tail with a stick between every two tails;

Lamentations 5:18

Because of the mountain of Zion which is a waste; jackals go over it.

Foxes » Dwells in holes

Foxes » Illustrative of » Enemies of the church

Song of Songs 2:15

Take for us the foxes, the little foxes, which do damage to the vines; our vines have young grapes.

Foxes » Destructive to vines

Song of Songs 2:15

Take for us the foxes, the little foxes, which do damage to the vines; our vines have young grapes.

Foxes » Used by samson for annoying the philistines

Judges 15:4-6

So Samson went and got three hundred foxes and some sticks of fire-wood; and he put the foxes tail to tail with a stick between every two tails; Then firing the sticks, he let the foxes loose among the uncut grain of the Philistines, and all the corded stems as well as the living grain and the vine-gardens and the olives went up in flames. Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife and gave her to his friend. So the Philistines came up and had her and her father's house burned.

Foxes » Illustrative of » False prophets

Ezekiel 13:4

O Israel, your prophets have been like jackals in the waste places.

Foxes » Described as » Active

Nehemiah 4:3

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Such is their building that if a fox goes up it, their stone wall will be broken down.

Foxes » Found in deserts

Ezekiel 13:4

O Israel, your prophets have been like jackals in the waste places.

Foxes » Described as » Carnivorous

Foxes » Illustrative of » Cunning and deceitful persons

Luke 13:32

And he said, Go and say to that fox, I send out evil spirits and do works of mercy today and tomorrow, and on the third day my work will be complete.

Foxes » Described as » Crafty

Luke 13:32

And he said, Go and say to that fox, I send out evil spirits and do works of mercy today and tomorrow, and on the third day my work will be complete.

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