37 Bible Verses about Lions

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Daniel 6:7

All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, and the officials and governors, have planned together to establish a royal law, and to make a strong ban that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except from you, O king, he shall be thrown into the den of lions.

Judges 14:5

And Samson and his father and his mother went down to Timnath. And they came to the vineyards of Timnath. And, behold, a young lion roared to meet him.

1 Kings 13:24-28

And he left, and a lion met him by the way and killed him. And his dead body was thrown in the highway, and the ass stood by it, and the lion also stood by the body. And behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown in the way, and the lion standing by the body. And they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived. And when the prophet who brought him back from the way heard, he said, It is the man of God who did not obey the Word of Jehovah. And Jehovah has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the Word of Jehovah which He spoke to him.read more.
And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle the ass for me. And they saddled it. And he went and found his body thrown in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body nor torn the ass.

1 Kings 20:36

And he said to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion shall kill you. And as soon as he had departed from him, a lion found him and killed him.

Daniel 6:24

And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they threw them into the lions' den; them, their sons, and their wives. And the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den.

1 Samuel 17:34-37

And David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. And I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb out of its mouth. And when it rose against me, I caught it by the beard, and struck it and killed it. Your servant killed both the lion and the bear. And this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.read more.
And David said, Jehovah who has 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 to David, Go, and may Jehovah be with you.

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, that through me the preaching might be fulfilled, and that all the nations might hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

Hebrews 11:33

who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

Job 10:16

For it increases! You hunt me as a fierce lion; and again You show Yourself marvelous on me.

Genesis 49:9

Judah is a lion's whelp. My son, you have gone up from the prey. He stooped, he crouched like a lion; and like a lioness, who shall rouse him?

Psalm 22:13

They opened wide their mouths on Me, like a ripping and a roaring lion.

Psalm 10:9

He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den. He lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

Psalm 17:12

their likeness is like a lion that longs to tear, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.

Lamentations 3:10

He was a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in secret places.

Jeremiah 12:8

My inheritance is to Me as a lion in the forest; it cries out against Me; therefore I have hated it.

Jeremiah 51:38

They shall roar together like lions; they shall growl like lions' cubs.

Psalm 7:2

lest he tear my soul like a lion, tearing it in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.

Psalm 35:17

O Jehovah, how long will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my only one from the lions.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions; I lie among those on fire, the sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Jeremiah 2:30

In vain I have stricken your sons; they received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her rulers within her are roaring lions; her judges evening wolves. They do not gnaw bones for the morning.

Psalm 34:10

The young lions lack, and suffer hunger; but those who seek Jehovah shall not lack any good thing.

Job 4:10-11

The roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the strong lion's cubs are scattered abroad.

Psalm 58:6

O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the big teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

Psalm 91:13

You shall tread on the lion and adder; the young lion and the jackal You shall trample underfoot.

Revelation 5:5

And one of the elders said to me, Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals of it.

Isaiah 11:6

Also the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the cub lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

Isaiah 65:25

The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the food of the snake. They will not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, says Jehovah.

1 Kings 7:29

And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubs. And a pedestal was on the stays above. And beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging-work.

1 Kings 10:20

and two lions were standing on the six steps, on this and on that side. There was not the like made in any kingdom.

Judges 14:12-18

And Samson said to them, I will now put forth a riddle to you. If you certainly tell it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen blouses and thirty changes of garments. But if you cannot tell me, then you shall give me thirty linen blouses and thirty changes of garments. And they said to him, Put forth your riddle so that we may hear it. And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And in three days they were not able to declare the riddle.read more.
And it happened on the seventh day they said to Samson's wife, Lure your husband so that he may tell the riddle to us, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you called us to take what we have? Is it not so? And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, You only hate me, and do not love me. You have put forth a riddle to the sons of my people, and have not told it to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not told my father nor to my mother, and shall I tell you? And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted. And on the seventh day, he told her, because she pressed hard upon him. And she told the riddle to the sons of her people. And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey, and what stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle.

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Animals » Lions » Sheep

Genesis 30:32

I will pass through all the flocks today, taking out all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all of the black sheep among the lambs, and the spotted and the speckled among the goats. And these shall be my hire.

Deuteronomy 18:4

You shall give him the first-fruit of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep.

Deuteronomy 32:14

butter from cows, and milk from sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the sons of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat. And you drank the blood of the grape.

2 Chronicles 7:5

And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. And the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

Animals » Lions » Characteristics of

Deuteronomy 33:22

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp. He shall leap from Bashan.

Judges 14:18

And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey, and what stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle.

2 Samuel 17:10

And also he, the son of valor, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt. For all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and they who are with him are mighty men.

Job 10:16

For it increases! You hunt me as a fierce lion; and again You show Yourself marvelous on me.

Psalm 17:12

their likeness is like a lion that longs to tear, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.

Animals » Lions » Swine

Leviticus 11:7

And the swine, though he divides the hoof and is cloven-footed, yet he does not chew the cud; he is unclean to you.

Isaiah 65:4

a people who remain among the graves, and sleep in the tombs, who eat swine's flesh, and broth from hateful things in their vessels;

Isaiah 66:17

Those who sanctify themselves, and purify themselves to go into the gardens, behind one tree in the middle, eating swine's flesh, and the hateful thing, and the mouse, will be cut off together, says Jehovah.

Matthew 7:6

Do not give that which is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn again and tear you.

More verses: Luke 15:15 2 Peter 2:22

Animals » Lions » Mules

2 Samuel 13:29

And the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. And all the king's sons arose. And they each got on his mule and fled.

2 Samuel 18:9

And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode on a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak. And his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heavens and the earth. And the mule under him went away.

Psalm 32:9

Be not like the horse, or like the mule, who have no understanding, whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, so that they do not come near you.

1 Kings 1:33

The king also said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.

Zechariah 14:15

And so shall be the plague of the horse, the mule, the camel, and the ass, and of all the beasts which shall be in these tents, like this plague.

Animals » Lions » Rams, used in sacrifices

Genesis 15:9

And He said to him, Take Me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

Genesis 22:13

And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked. And, behold, a ram behind him was entangled in a thicket by its horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

Exodus 29:15

And you shall also take one ram. And Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

Leviticus 5:15

If a soul commits a trespass and sins through ignorance in the holy things of Jehovah, then he shall bring for his trespass to Jehovah a ram without blemish out of the flock, together with an amount set by you, by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.

Numbers 5:8

But if the man has no kinsman to whom he may make restitution for the guilt, the guilt which is restored shall be given to Jehovah, to the priest, besides the ram of the atonement by which an atonement shall be made for him.

Animals » Lions » Unicorn

Numbers 23:22

God brought them out of Egypt. He has, as it were, the strength of an ox.

Deuteronomy 33:17

His glory is like the first-born of his bull, and his horns are like the horns of the wild ox. With them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth. And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

Job 39:9

Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, or spend the night by your feed-trough?

Psalm 29:6

He also makes them to skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.

Isaiah 34:7

And the wild oxen shall come down with them, and the bulls with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

Animals » Lions » General references to

1 Samuel 17:34

And David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock.

Judges 14:5

And Samson and his father and his mother went down to Timnath. And they came to the vineyards of Timnath. And, behold, a young lion roared to meet him.

1 Kings 13:24

And he left, and a lion met him by the way and killed him. And his dead body was thrown in the highway, and the ass stood by it, and the lion also stood by the body.

Daniel 6:19

Then the king arose very early in the morning and hurried to the lions' den.

Animals » Lions » Wolves, a type of the wicked

John 10:12

But he who is a hireling and not the shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away. And the wolf catches them and scatters the sheep.

Acts 20:29

For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

Animals » Lions » Mice

Isaiah 66:17

Those who sanctify themselves, and purify themselves to go into the gardens, behind one tree in the middle, eating swine's flesh, and the hateful thing, and the mouse, will be cut off together, says Jehovah.

Leviticus 11:29

These also shall be unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind;

1 Samuel 6:4

And they said, What shall be the guilt offering which we shall return to Him? And they answered, Five golden hemorrhoids, and five golden mice, for the number of the lords of the Philistines. For one plague was on you all, and on your lords.

Animals » Lions » Vipers, poisonous serpents

Isaiah 30:6

The burden concerning the beasts of the south. Into the land of trouble and woe. The lioness and the lion are from them; the viper, and the fiery flying serpent. They carry their riches on the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that cannot profit.

Job 20:16

He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him.

Isaiah 59:5

They hatch adders' eggs and weave the spider's web; he who eats their eggs dies, and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.

Animals » Lions » Pygarg

Deuteronomy 14:5

the hart, and the gazelle, and the roe deer, and the wild goat, and the mountain goat, and the wild ox, and the mountain-sheep.

Animals » Lions » Lizards

Leviticus 11:30

and the gecko, and the monitor, and the lizard, and the sand lizard, and chameleon.

Animals » Lions » Weasel

Leviticus 11:29

These also shall be unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind;

Lions » Fierceness of

Hosea 13:8

I will meet them like a bereaved bear, and will tear the lining of their heart. And there I will devour them like a lion; the wild beast shall tear them.

Jeremiah 49:19

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the home of the strong. But I will suddenly make him run away from her. And who is a chosen one I may appoint over it? For who is like Me? And who will summon Me? And who is that shepherd who will stand before Me?

Jeremiah 50:44

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan to the home of the strong. But I will make them suddenly run away from her. And who is a chosen one whom I will appoint over her? For who is like Me? And who will set Me the time? And who is that shepherd who will stand before Me?

Job 4:10

The roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

Lions » Symbolical » Margin

Daniel 7:4

The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings. I watched until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on its feet like a man. And a man's heart was given to it.

Revelation 5:5

And one of the elders said to me, Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals of it.

Revelation 13:2

And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and its feet like those of a bear, and its mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him its power and its seat and great authority.

Revelation 9:17

And so I saw the horses in the vision, and those sitting on them, having breastplates of fire, even dusky red and brimstone. And the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions. And out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

Ezekiel 1:10

And the likeness of their faces: the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side to the four of them; and the face of an ox on the left side to the four of them; and the face of an eagle to the four of them.

Lions » Instincts of, in taking prey

Psalm 17:12

their likeness is like a lion that longs to tear, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.

Nahum 2:12

The lion tears in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangles for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with torn prey.

Lamentations 3:10

He was a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in secret places.

Psalm 10:9

He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den. He lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

Amos 3:4

Will a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey for him? Will a young lion cry out of his den unless he has caught?

Lions » Figurative » Of a ruler's anger

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, and a wolf of the deserts shall rob them; a leopard shall watch over their cities. Everyone who goes out from them shall be torn in pieces, because their sins are many and their backslidings are multiplied.

Jeremiah 50:17

Israel is a scattered sheep, driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon crunched his bones.

Proverbs 19:12

The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion; but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Hosea 5:14

For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a strong lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away. I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

Lions » Strength of

Proverbs 30:30

a lion is mighty among beasts and does not turn away for any;

Isaiah 38:13

I place Him before me until morning, that, as a lion, so He breaks all my bones; from day even until night You make an end of me.

Joel 1:6

For a nation has come up on My land, strong and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the jaw teeth of a lioness.

Lions » Used for the torture of criminals

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, that through me the preaching might be fulfilled, and that all the nations might hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

Daniel 6:16-24

Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions' den. The king answered and said to Daniel, Your God, whom you always serve, will deliver you. And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den. And the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords, that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. And diversions were not brought before him; and his sleep fled from him. read more.
Then the king arose very early in the morning and hurried to the lions' den. And when he came to the den, he cried with a grieved voice to Daniel. The king spoke and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God whom you always serve able to deliver you from the lions? Then Daniel said to the king, O king, live forever. My God has sent His Angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me, because before Him purity was found in me. And also before you, O king, I have done no harm. Then the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of hurt was found on him, because he trusted in his God. And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they threw them into the lions' den; them, their sons, and their wives. And the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den.

Daniel 7:12

And the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away. Yet their lives were made longer for a season and time.

Lions » The roaring of

Proverbs 20:2

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever stirs him up to anger sins against his own soul.

Psalm 22:13

They opened wide their mouths on Me, like a ripping and a roaring lion.

Lions » Symbolical

Isaiah 29:1

Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! Add year to year; let them kill their sacrifices.

Genesis 49:9

Judah is a lion's whelp. My son, you have gone up from the prey. He stooped, he crouched like a lion; and like a lioness, who shall rouse him?

Lions » Lair of, in the jungles

Jeremiah 4:7

The lion has come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the nations has set out; he has left his place to make your land a waste. Your cities will fall into ruins without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 25:38

Like the lion, He has left His den; for their land is wasted because of the oppressor's pressing fury, and because of His fierce anger.

Lions » Killed by » David

1 Samuel 17:34

And David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock.

1 Samuel 17:36

Your servant killed both the lion and the bear. And this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.

Lions » Twelve statues of, on the stairs leading to solomon's throne

1 Kings 10:19-20

The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round in the back part. And there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays; and two lions were standing on the six steps, on this and on that side. There was not the like made in any kingdom.

Lions » Sent as judgment upon the samaritans

2 Kings 17:25-26

And it happened at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they did not fear Jehovah. And Jehovah sent lions among them, who killed them. And they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the manner of the God of the land. And He has sent lions among them, and, behold, they kill them because they do not know the way of the God of the land.

Lions » Disobedient prophet killed by

1 Kings 13:24-28

And he left, and a lion met him by the way and killed him. And his dead body was thrown in the highway, and the ass stood by it, and the lion also stood by the body. And behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown in the way, and the lion standing by the body. And they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived. And when the prophet who brought him back from the way heard, he said, It is the man of God who did not obey the Word of Jehovah. And Jehovah has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the Word of Jehovah which He spoke to him. read more.
And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle the ass for me. And they saddled it. And he went and found his body thrown in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body nor torn the ass.

Lions » The bases in the temple ornamented by mouldings of

1 Kings 7:29

And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubs. And a pedestal was on the stays above. And beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging-work.

1 Kings 7:36

And he engraved cherubs, lions, and palm trees on the plates of its sides, and on its borders, as the place of each, with wreaths all around.

Lions » Samson's riddle concerning

Judges 14:18

And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey, and what stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle.

Judges 14:14

And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And in three days they were not able to declare the riddle.

Lions » Parable of

Ezekiel 19:1-9

And take up a weeping for the rulers of Israel, and say: What is your mother? A lioness. She lay down among lions; she multiplied her cubs among young lions. And she brought up one of her cubs; it became a strong lion and learned to tear the prey. It ate men. read more.
The nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt. And when she saw that she had waited and that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a strong lion. And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion and learned to tear the prey, and ate men. And he knew his widows, and he laid their cities waste, and the land and its fullness was desolated, from the sound of his roaring. And the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him. He was taken in their pit. And they put him in a cage in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into hunting nets, so that his voice should never again be heard on the mountains of Israel.

Lions » Killed by » Benaiah

2 Samuel 23:20

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada from Kabzeel, a son of a mighty man, great in deeds. He killed two lion-like men of Moab. He went down also and killed a lion in the middle of a pit in time of snow.

Lions » Killed by » Saints

Hebrews 11:33

who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

Lions » Killed by » Samson

Judges 14:5-9

And Samson and his father and his mother went down to Timnath. And they came to the vineyards of Timnath. And, behold, a young lion roared to meet him. And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he tore it as he would have torn a kid; and nothing was in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done. And he went down and talked with the woman. And she pleased Samson very much. read more.
And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the dead body of the lion. And behold! A swarm of bees and honey was in the dead body of the lion. And he took some of it in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother. And he gave to them, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the dead body of the lion.

Lions » An unnamed person killed by

1 Kings 20:36

And he said to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion shall kill you. And as soon as he had departed from him, a lion found him and killed him.

Lions » Figurative » Of divine judgments

Isaiah 15:9

For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will put on Dimon more things for the escaped ones of Moab, a lion, even for the remnant of the land.

Lions » Figurative » Of satan

Lions » King of beasts

Micah 5:8

And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he goes through, both tramples and tears in pieces. And there is none to snatch back.

Lions » Proverb of

Ecclesiastes 9:4

For whoever is chosen, to all those living, there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Lions » Kept in captivity

Lions » Illustrative » Of God in executing judgments

Lamentations 3:10

He was a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in secret places.

Hosea 13:8

I will meet them like a bereaved bear, and will tear the lining of their heart. And there I will devour them like a lion; the wild beast shall tear them.

Hosea 5:14

For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a strong lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away. I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

Isaiah 38:13

I place Him before me until morning, that, as a lion, so He breaks all my bones; from day even until night You make an end of me.

Lions » Illustrative » Of cruel and powerful enemies

Jeremiah 49:19

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the home of the strong. But I will suddenly make him run away from her. And who is a chosen one I may appoint over it? For who is like Me? And who will summon Me? And who is that shepherd who will stand before Me?

Isaiah 5:29

Their roaring shall be like a lion; they shall roar like young lions; for, they shall roar and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

Jeremiah 51:38

They shall roar together like lions; they shall growl like lions' cubs.

Lions » God's power exhibited in restraining

1 Kings 13:28

And he went and found his body thrown in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body nor torn the ass.

Daniel 6:27

He delivers and rescues, and He works signs and wonders in the heavens and in earth, He who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

Lions » God provides for

Psalm 104:21

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

Psalm 104:28

You give to them, they gather; You open Your hand; they are filled with good.

Job 38:39

Will you hunt the prey for the lion, or fill the appetite of the young lions,

Lions » Attacks the sheepfolds

1 Samuel 17:34

And David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock.

Micah 5:8

And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he goes through, both tramples and tears in pieces. And there is none to snatch back.

Amos 3:12

So says Jehovah: As the shepherd takes two legs out of the mouth of the lion, or a piece of an ear; so shall the sons of Israel be taken out, those who dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus on a couch.

Lions » Illustrative » Of imaginary fears of the slothful

Proverbs 26:13

The lazy one says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Lions » Illustrative » (roaring of,) of a king's wrath

Proverbs 19:12

The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion; but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 20:2

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever stirs him up to anger sins against his own soul.

Lions » Illustrative » Of brave men

2 Samuel 1:23

Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.

2 Samuel 23:20

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada from Kabzeel, a son of a mighty man, great in deeds. He killed two lion-like men of Moab. He went down also and killed a lion in the middle of a pit in time of snow.

Lions » Described as » Superior in strength

Judges 14:18

And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey, and what stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle.

Proverbs 30:30

a lion is mighty among beasts and does not turn away for any;

Lions » Disobedient prophet slain by

1 Kings 13:24

And he left, and a lion met him by the way and killed him. And his dead body was thrown in the highway, and the ass stood by it, and the lion also stood by the body.

1 Kings 13:26

And when the prophet who brought him back from the way heard, he said, It is the man of God who did not obey the Word of Jehovah. And Jehovah has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the Word of Jehovah which He spoke to him.

Lions » Attacks and destroys men

1 Kings 13:24

And he left, and a lion met him by the way and killed him. And his dead body was thrown in the highway, and the ass stood by it, and the lion also stood by the body.

1 Kings 20:36

And he said to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion shall kill you. And as soon as he had departed from him, a lion found him and killed him.

Lions » Rends its prey

Deuteronomy 33:20

And of Gad he said, Blessed is He who makes Gad greater. He lives as a lion and tears the arm and the crown of the head.

Psalm 7:2

lest he tear my soul like a lion, tearing it in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.

Lions » Illustrative » Of persecutors

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, that through me the preaching might be fulfilled, and that all the nations might hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

Psalm 22:13

They opened wide their mouths on Me, like a ripping and a roaring lion.

Lions » Illustrative » (tamed,) of the natural man subdued by grace

Isaiah 11:7

And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

Isaiah 65:25

The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the food of the snake. They will not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, says Jehovah.

Lions » Roars when seeking prey

Isaiah 31:4

For so has Jehovah spoken to me: As the lion roars, even the young lion on his prey when a multitude of shepherds are gathered against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor fret himself because of their noise. So Jehovah of Hosts shall come down to fight for Mount Zion, and on its hill.

Psalm 104:21

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

Lions » Described as » Fearless even of man

Isaiah 31:4

For so has Jehovah spoken to me: As the lion roars, even the young lion on his prey when a multitude of shepherds are gathered against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor fret himself because of their noise. So Jehovah of Hosts shall come down to fight for Mount Zion, and on its hill.

Nahum 2:11

Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, and the lion's cub, and no one made them afraid?

Lions » Universal terror caused by roaring of

Amos 3:8

The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah has spoken; who will not prophesy?

Jeremiah 2:15

The young lions roared against him; they gave their voice. And they made his land a waste; his cities are burned without inhabitant.

Lions » Criminals often thrown to » Da 6:7

Lions » Greatness of its teeth alluded to

Joel 1:6

For a nation has come up on My land, strong and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the jaw teeth of a lioness.

Psalm 58:6

O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the big teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

Lions » Described as » Fierce

Job 10:16

For it increases! You hunt me as a fierce lion; and again You show Yourself marvelous on me.

Job 28:8

the sons of pride have not walked on it, the lion has not passed by.

Lions » Inhabits » Mountains

Song of Solomon 4:8

Come with Me from Lebanon, My spouse; with Me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

Lions » Illustrative » Of the tribe of gad

Deuteronomy 33:20

And of Gad he said, Blessed is He who makes Gad greater. He lives as a lion and tears the arm and the crown of the head.

Lions » Described as » Majestic in movement

Proverbs 30:29-30

There are three things which go well in a march, yea, four that go well in walking: a lion is mighty among beasts and does not turn away for any;

Lions » Described as » Active

Deuteronomy 33:22

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp. He shall leap from Bashan.

Lions » Slain by » David

1 Samuel 17:35-36

And I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb out of its mouth. And when it rose against me, I caught it by the beard, and struck it and killed it. Your servant killed both the lion and the bear. And this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.

Lions » Canaan infested by

2 Kings 17:25-26

And it happened at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they did not fear Jehovah. And Jehovah sent lions among them, who killed them. And they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the manner of the God of the land. And He has sent lions among them, and, behold, they kill them because they do not know the way of the God of the land.

Lions » Illustrative » Of Christ

Revelation 5:5

And one of the elders said to me, Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals of it.

Lions » Described as » Courageous

2 Samuel 17:10

And also he, the son of valor, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt. For all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and they who are with him are mighty men.

Lions » Slain by » Benaiah

2 Samuel 23:20

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada from Kabzeel, a son of a mighty man, great in deeds. He killed two lion-like men of Moab. He went down also and killed a lion in the middle of a pit in time of snow.

Lions » Illustrative » Of boldness of saints

Lions » Slain by » Samson

Judges 14:5-6

And Samson and his father and his mother went down to Timnath. And they came to the vineyards of Timnath. And, behold, a young lion roared to meet him. And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he tore it as he would have torn a kid; and nothing was in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.

Lions » Illustrative » Of the tribe of judah

Genesis 49:9

Judah is a lion's whelp. My son, you have gone up from the prey. He stooped, he crouched like a lion; and like a lioness, who shall rouse him?

Lions » Illustrative » Of israel

Numbers 24:9

He crouched. He lay down as a lion, and as a great lion. Who shall stir him up? Blessed is he who blesses you, and cursed is he who curses you.

Lions » Inhabits » Thickets

Jeremiah 4:7

The lion has come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the nations has set out; he has left his place to make your land a waste. Your cities will fall into ruins without inhabitant.

Lions » Inhabits » Forests

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, and a wolf of the deserts shall rob them; a leopard shall watch over their cities. Everyone who goes out from them shall be torn in pieces, because their sins are many and their backslidings are multiplied.

Lions » Conceals itself by day

Psalm 104:22

The sun rises; they are gathered, and go to their dens to lie down.

Lions » Illustrative » Of God in protecting his church

Isaiah 31:4

For so has Jehovah spoken to me: As the lion roars, even the young lion on his prey when a multitude of shepherds are gathered against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor fret himself because of their noise. So Jehovah of Hosts shall come down to fight for Mount Zion, and on its hill.

Lions » Illustrative » Of the devil

Lions » Described as » Voracious

Psalm 17:12

their likeness is like a lion that longs to tear, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.

Lions » Inhabits » Deserts

Isaiah 30:6

The burden concerning the beasts of the south. Into the land of trouble and woe. The lioness and the lion are from them; the viper, and the fiery flying serpent. They carry their riches on the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that cannot profit.

Lions » A swarm of bees found in the carcass of, by samson

Judges 14:8

And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the dead body of the lion. And behold! A swarm of bees and honey was in the dead body of the lion.

Lions » Often carries its prey to its den

Nahum 2:12

The lion tears in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangles for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with torn prey.

Lions » Lurketh for its prey

Psalm 10:9

He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den. He lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

Lions » Hunting of, alluded to

Job 10:16

For it increases! You hunt me as a fierce lion; and again You show Yourself marvelous on me.

Lions » Often perishes for lack of food

Job 4:11

The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the strong lion's cubs are scattered abroad.

Lions » Characteristics of

Deuteronomy 33:22

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp. He shall leap from Bashan.

Judges 14:18

And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey, and what stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle.

2 Samuel 17:10

And also he, the son of valor, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt. For all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and they who are with him are mighty men.

Job 10:16

For it increases! You hunt me as a fierce lion; and again You show Yourself marvelous on me.

Psalm 17:12

their likeness is like a lion that longs to tear, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.

Lions » General references to

1 Samuel 17:34

And David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock.

Judges 14:5

And Samson and his father and his mother went down to Timnath. And they came to the vineyards of Timnath. And, behold, a young lion roared to meet him.

1 Kings 13:24

And he left, and a lion met him by the way and killed him. And his dead body was thrown in the highway, and the ass stood by it, and the lion also stood by the body.

Daniel 6:19

Then the king arose very early in the morning and hurried to the lions' den.

Righteous » Compared with » Lions

Micah 5:8

And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he goes through, both tramples and tears in pieces. And there is none to snatch back.

compared to Saints » Lions

Micah 5:8

And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he goes through, both tramples and tears in pieces. And there is none to snatch back.

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Creatures Like Lions

Ezekiel 1:10

And the likeness of their faces: the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side to the four of them; and the face of an ox on the left side to the four of them; and the face of an eagle to the four of them.

Deliverance From Lions

Psalm 22:21

Save Me from the lion's mouth; from the wild oxen's horns. You have answered Me.

In Danger From Lions

Judges 14:5

And Samson and his father and his mother went down to Timnath. And they came to the vineyards of Timnath. And, behold, a young lion roared to meet him.

Lions, Figurative Use Of

Genesis 49:9

Judah is a lion's whelp. My son, you have gone up from the prey. He stooped, he crouched like a lion; and like a lioness, who shall rouse him?

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