37 Bible Verses about Lions
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All the commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the high officials and the governors have consulted together that the king should establish a statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who makes a petition to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, shall be cast into the lions’ den.
Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion came roaring toward him.
Now when he had gone, a lion met him on the way and killed him, and his body was thrown on the road, with the donkey standing beside it; the lion also was standing beside the body. And behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown on the road, and the lion standing beside the body; so they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived. Now when the prophet who brought him back from the way heard it, he said, “It is the man of God, who disobeyed the command of the Lord; therefore the Lord has given him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke to him.”read more.
Then he spoke to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey for me.” And they saddled it. He went and found his body thrown on the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside the body; the lion had not eaten the body nor torn the donkey.
Then he said to him, “Because you have not listened to the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion will kill you.” And as soon as he had departed from him a lion found him and killed him.
The king then gave orders, and they brought those men who had maliciously accused Daniel, and they cast them, their children and their wives into the lions’ den; and they had not reached the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths and they have not harmed me, inasmuch as I was found innocent before Him; and also toward you, O king, I have committed no crime.”
But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock, I went out after him and attacked him, and rescued it from his mouth; and when he rose up against me, I seized him by his beard and struck him and killed him. Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God.”read more.
And David said, “The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and may the Lord be with you.”
But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully accomplished, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion’s mouth.
who by faith conquered kingdoms, performed acts of righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,
‘Should my head be lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion;
And again You would show Your power against me.
“Judah is a lion’s whelp;
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He couches, he lies down as a lion,
And as a lion, who dares rouse him up?
He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair;
He lurks to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.
He is like a lion that is eager to tear,
And as a young lion lurking in hiding places.
He is to me like a bear lying in wait,
Like a lion in secret places.
“My inheritance has become to Me
Like a lion in the forest;
She has roared against Me;
Therefore I have come to hate her.
“They will roar together like young lions,
They will growl like lions’ cubs.
Or he will tear my soul like a lion,
Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver.
Lord, how long will You look on?
Rescue my soul from their ravages,
My only life from the lions.
My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.
“In vain I have struck your sons;
They accepted no chastening.
Your sword has devoured your prophets
Like a destroying lion.
Her princes within her are roaring lions,
Her judges are wolves at evening;
They leave nothing for the morning.
The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;
But they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any good thing.
“The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion,
And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
“The lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth;
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.
You will tread upon the lion and cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you will trample down.
and one of the elders *said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals.”
Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
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 fatling together;
And a little boy will lead them.
The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain,” says the Lord.
and on the borders which were between the frames were lions, oxen and cherubim; and on the frames there was a pedestal above, and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.
Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom.
Then Samson said to them, “Let me now propound a riddle to you; if you will indeed tell it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of clothes. But if you are unable to tell me, then you shall give me thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of clothes.” And they said to him, “Propound your riddle, that we may hear it.” So he said to them,
“Out of the eater came something to eat,
And out of the strong came something sweet.”
But they could not tell the riddle in three days.read more.
Then it came about on the fourth day that they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, so that he will tell us the riddle, or we will burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us to impoverish us? Is this not so?” Samson’s wife wept before him and said, “You only hate me, and you do not love me; you have propounded 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 it to my father or mother; so should I tell you?” However she wept before him seven days while their feast lasted. And on the seventh day he told her because she pressed him so hard. She then told the riddle to the sons of her people. So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,
“What is sweeter than honey?
And what is 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.”
From Thematic Bible
Animals » Lions » Sheep
let me pass through your entire flock today, removing from there every
You shall give him the
With fat of lambs,
And rams, the breed of Bashan, and goats,
And of the
King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. Thus the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
Animals » Lions » Characteristics of
“Dan is
That leaps forth from Bashan.”
So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,
“What is sweeter than honey?
And what is stronger than a lion?”
You would not have found out my riddle.”
And even the one who is valiant, whose heart is like the heart of a lion,
And again You would show Your
And as a young lion
Animals » Lions » Swine
and the pig, for though it divides the hoof, thus making a split hoof, it does not chew cud, it is unclean to you.
Who
And the broth of unclean meat is in their pots.
Who eat
Will
Animals » Lions » Mules
The servants of Absalom did to Amnon just as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose and each mounted
Now Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. For Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak. And
Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.
The king said to them, “Take with you
So also like this
Animals » Lions » Rams, used in sacrifices
So He said to him, “
Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.
“
“
But if the man has no
Animals » Lions » Unicorn
He is for them like the
And his horns are the horns of
With them he will
All
And those are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
And those are the thousands of Manasseh.”
Or will he spend the night at your manger?
And
Thus their land will be
And their dust
Animals » Lions » General references to
But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,
Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion came roaring toward him.
Now when he had gone,
Then the king arose at dawn, at the break of day, and went in haste to the lions’ den.
Animals » Lions » Wolves, a type of the wicked
I know that after my departure
Animals » Lions » Mice
Who eat
Will
‘Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole, and the mouse, and the
Then they said, “What shall be the guilt offering which we shall return to Him?” And they said, “Five golden
Animals » Lions » Vipers, poisonous serpents
The
Through a land of
From
They
And their treasures on
To a people who cannot profit them;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is crushed a snake breaks forth.
Animals » Lions » Pygarg
Animals » Lions » Lizards
and the gecko, and the
Animals » Lions » Weasel
‘Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole, and the mouse, and the
Lions » Fierceness of
And I will tear open
There I will also
As a wild beast would tear them.
I will be killed in the streets!”
“
And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Lions » Symbolical » Margin
The first was
and one of the elders *said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the
And the beast which I saw was
And
As for the
Lions » Instincts of, in taking prey
And as a young lion
And filled his lairs with prey
And his dens with torn flesh.
Like a lion in secret places.
He
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his
Does a young lion
Lions » Figurative » Of a ruler's anger
A
A
Everyone who goes out of them will be torn in pieces,
Because their
Their apostasies are numerous.
“Israel is a
But his favor is like
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I will carry away, and there will be
Lions » Strength of
From
Mighty and without number;
And it has the fangs of a lioness.
Lions » Used for the torture of criminals
But the Lord stood with me and
Then the king gave orders, and Daniel was brought in and cast into the lions' den The king spoke and said to Daniel, "Your God whom you constantly serve will Himself deliver you." A stone was brought and laid over the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles, so that nothing would be changed in regard to Daniel. Then the king went off to his palace and spent the night fasting, and no entertainment was brought before him; and his sleep fled from him. read more.
Then the king arose at dawn, at the break of day, and went in haste to the lions' den. When he had come near the den to Daniel, he cried out with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, "Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you constantly serve, been able to deliver you from the lions?" Then Daniel spoke to the king, "O king, live forever! "My God sent His angel and shut the lions' mouths and they have not harmed me, inasmuch as I was found innocent before Him; and also toward you, O king, I have committed no crime." Then the king was very pleased and gave orders for Daniel to be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den and no injury whatever was found on him, because he had trusted in his God. The king then gave orders, and they brought those men who had maliciously accused Daniel, and they cast them, their children and their wives into the lions' den; and they had not reached the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but an extension of life was granted to them for an appointed period of time.
Lions » The roaring of
He who provokes him to anger
Lions » Symbolical
Add year to year,
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
And as a
Lions » Lair of, in the jungles
And a
He has gone out from his place
To
Your cities will be ruins
Without inhabitant.
For their land has become a horror
Because of the fierceness of the
And because of His fierce anger.”
Lions » Killed by » David
But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,
Your servant has
Lions » Twelve statues of, on the stairs leading to solomon's throne
There were six steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its rear, and arms on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms. Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom.
Lions » Sent as judgment upon the samaritans
At the beginning of their living there, they did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them which killed some of them. So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, "The nations whom you have carried away into exile in the cities of Samaria do not know the custom of the god of the land; so he has sent lions among them, and behold, they kill them because they do not know the custom of the god of the land."
Lions » Disobedient prophet killed by
Now when he had gone, a lion met him on the way and killed him, and his body was thrown on the road, with the donkey standing beside it; the lion also was standing beside the body. And behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown on the road, and the lion standing beside the body; so they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived. Now when the prophet who brought him back from the way heard it, he said, "It is the man of God, who disobeyed the command of the LORD; therefore the LORD has given him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke to him." read more.
Then he spoke to his sons, saying, "Saddle the donkey for me." And they saddled it. He went and found his body thrown on the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside the body; the lion had not eaten the body nor torn the donkey.
Lions » The bases in the temple ornamented by mouldings of
and on the borders which were between the
He engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders, cherubim, lions and palm trees, according to the clear space on each, with wreaths all around.
Lions » Samson's riddle concerning
So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,
“What is sweeter than honey?
And what is stronger than a lion?”
You would not have found out my riddle.”
So he said to them,
“Out of the eater came something to eat,
And out of the strong came something sweet.”
But they could not tell the riddle in three days.
Lions » Parable of
"As for you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel and say, 'What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs. 'When she brought up one of her cubs, He became a lion, And he learned to tear his prey; He devoured men. read more.
'Then nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt. 'When she saw, as she waited, That her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs And made him a young lion. 'And he walked about among the lions; He became a young lion, He learned to tear his prey; He devoured men. 'He destroyed their fortified towers And laid waste their cities; And the land and its fullness were appalled Because of the sound of his roaring. 'Then nations set against him On every side from their provinces, And they spread their net over him; He was captured in their pit. 'They put him in a cage with hooks And brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in hunting nets So that his voice would be heard no more On the mountains of Israel.
Lions » Killed by » Benaiah
Then
Lions » Killed by » Saints
who by faith
Lions » Killed by » Samson
Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion came roaring toward him. The Spirit of the LORD came upon him mightily, so that he tore him as one tears a young goat though he had nothing in his hand; but he did not tell his father or mother what he had done. So he went down and talked to the woman; and she looked good to Samson. read more.
When he returned later to take her, he turned aside to look at the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion. So he scraped the honey into his hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it; but he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey out of the body of the lion.
Lions » An unnamed person killed by
Then he said to him, “Because you have not listened to the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as you have departed from me,
Lions » Figurative » Of divine judgments
Surely I will bring added woes upon Dimon,
A
Lions » Figurative » Of satan
Lions » King of beasts
Will be among the nations,
Among many peoples
Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
Which, if he passes through,
And there is
Lions » Proverb of
For whoever is joined with all the living, there is hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion.
Lions » Kept in captivity
Lions » Illustrative » Of God in executing judgments
Like a lion in secret places.
And I will tear open
There I will also
As a wild beast would tear them.
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I will carry away, and there will be
From
Lions » Illustrative » Of cruel and powerful enemies
It growls as it
And carries it off with
They will growl like lions’ cubs.
Lions » God's power exhibited in restraining
My God
He went and found his body thrown on the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside the body; the lion had not eaten the body nor torn the donkey.
In heaven and on earth,
Who has also delivered Daniel from the
Lions » God provides for
You
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
Lions » Attacks the sheepfolds
But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,
Will be among the nations,
Among many peoples
Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
Which, if he passes through,
And there is
Thus says the Lord,
“Just as the shepherd
So will the sons of Israel dwelling in Samaria be
With the
Lions » Illustrative » Of imaginary fears of the slothful
I will be killed in the streets!”
A lion is
Lions » Illustrative » (roaring of,) of a king's wrath
But his favor is like
He who provokes him to anger
Lions » Illustrative » Of brave men
And in their death they were not parted;
Then
Lions » Described as » Superior in strength
So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,
“What is sweeter than honey?
And what is stronger than a lion?”
You would not have found out my riddle.”
Lions » Disobedient prophet slain by
Now when he had gone,
Now when the prophet who brought him back from the way heard it, he said, “It is the man of God, who
Lions » Attacks and destroys men
Now when he had gone,
Then he said to him, “Because you have not listened to the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as you have departed from me,
Lions » Rends its prey
“Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad;
He lies down
And tears the arm, also the crown of the head.
Lions » Illustrative » Of persecutors
But the Lord stood with me and
Lions » Illustrative » (tamed,) of the natural man subdued by grace
Their young will lie down together,
And the
The
Lions » Roars when seeking prey
For thus says the Lord to me,
“As the
Against which a band of shepherds is called out,
And he will not be terrified at their voice nor disturbed at their noise,
So will the Lord of hosts come down to wage
Lions » Described as » Fearless even of man
For thus says the Lord to me,
“As the
Against which a band of shepherds is called out,
And he will not be terrified at their voice nor disturbed at their noise,
So will the Lord of hosts come down to wage
And the feeding place of the
Where the lion, lioness and lion’s cub prowled,
With nothing to disturb them?
Lions » Universal terror caused by roaring of
The
They have
And they have
His cities have been destroyed, without inhabitant.
Lions » Criminals often thrown to » Da 6:7
Lions » Greatness of its teeth alluded to
Mighty and without number;
And it has the fangs of a lioness.
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.
Lions » Described as » Fierce
And again You would show Your
Lions » Inhabits » Mountains
May you come with me from Lebanon.
From the summit of
From the dens of lions,
From the mountains of leopards.
Lions » Illustrative » Of the tribe of gad
“Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad;
He lies down
And tears the arm, also the crown of the head.
Lions » Described as » Majestic in movement
There are three things which are stately in their march, Even four which are stately when they walk: The lion which is mighty among beasts And does not retreat before any,
Lions » Described as » Active
“Dan is
That leaps forth from Bashan.”
Lions » Slain by » David
I went out after him and attacked him, and rescued it from his mouth; and when he rose up against me, I seized him by his beard and struck him and killed him. "Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God."
Lions » Canaan infested by
At the beginning of their living there, they did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them which killed some of them. So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, "The nations whom you have carried away into exile in the cities of Samaria do not know the custom of the god of the land; so he has sent lions among them, and behold, they kill them because they do not know the custom of the god of the land."
Lions » Illustrative » Of Christ
and one of the elders *said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the
Lions » Described as » Courageous
And even the one who is valiant, whose heart is like the heart of a lion,
Lions » Slain by » Benaiah
Then
Lions » Illustrative » Of boldness of saints
But the righteous are
Lions » Slain by » Samson
Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion came roaring toward him. The Spirit of the LORD came upon him mightily, so that he tore him as one tears a young goat though he had nothing in his hand; but he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.
Lions » Illustrative » Of the tribe of judah
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
And as a
Lions » Illustrative » Of israel
And as a
And cursed is everyone who curses you.”
Lions » Inhabits » Thickets
And a
He has gone out from his place
To
Your cities will be ruins
Without inhabitant.
Lions » Inhabits » Forests
A
A
Everyone who goes out of them will be torn in pieces,
Because their
Their apostasies are numerous.
Lions » Conceals itself by day
Lions » Illustrative » Of God in protecting his church
For thus says the Lord to me,
“As the
Against which a band of shepherds is called out,
And he will not be terrified at their voice nor disturbed at their noise,
So will the Lord of hosts come down to wage
Lions » Illustrative » Of the devil
Lions » Described as » Voracious
And as a young lion
Lions » Inhabits » Deserts
The
Through a land of
From
They
And their treasures on
To a people who cannot profit them;
Lions » A swarm of bees found in the carcass of, by samson
When he returned later to take her, he turned aside to look at the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion.
Lions » Often carries its prey to its den
And filled his lairs with prey
And his dens with torn flesh.
Lions » Lurketh for its prey
He
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his
Lions » Hunting of, alluded to
And again You would show Your
Lions » Often perishes for lack of food
And the
Lions » Characteristics of
“Dan is
That leaps forth from Bashan.”
So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,
“What is sweeter than honey?
And what is stronger than a lion?”
You would not have found out my riddle.”
And even the one who is valiant, whose heart is like the heart of a lion,
And again You would show Your
And as a young lion
Lions » General references to
But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,
Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion came roaring toward him.
Now when he had gone,
Then the king arose at dawn, at the break of day, and went in haste to the lions’ den.
Righteous » Compared with » Lions
Will be among the nations,
Among many peoples
Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
Which, if he passes through,
And there is
But the righteous are
compared to Saints » Lions
Will be among the nations,
Among many peoples
Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
Which, if he passes through,
And there is
But the righteous are
Topics on Lions
Creatures Like Lions
Ezekiel 1:10As for the
Deliverance From Lions
Psalm 22:21
From the horns of the
In Danger From Lions
Judges 14:5Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion came roaring toward him.
Lions, Figurative Use Of
Genesis 49:9
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
And as a
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