13 Bible Verses about Wolves
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Therefore, a lion from the forest will strike them down.
A wolf from an arid plain will ravage them.
A leopard keeps watch over their cities.
Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces
because their rebellious acts are many,
their unfaithful deeds numerous.
The desert creatures will meet hyenas,
and one wild goat will call to another.
Indeed, the screech owl will stay there
and will find a resting place for herself.
The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them.
Their horses are swifter than leopards
and more fierce than wolves of the night.
Their horsemen charge ahead;
their horsemen come from distant lands.
They fly like an eagle, swooping to devour.
Benjamin is a wolf; he tears his prey.
In the morning he devours the prey,
and in the evening he divides the plunder.”
The princes within her are roaring lions;
her judges are wolves of the night,
which leave nothing for the morning.
I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
“Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.
“Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves.
“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.
The wolf will live with the lamb,
and the leopard will lie down with the goat.
The calf, the young lion, and the fatling will be together,
and a child will lead them.
The wolf and the lamb will feed together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox,
but the serpent’s food will be dust!
They will not do what is evil or destroy
on My entire holy mountain,”
says the Lord.
From Thematic Bible
Names » Of the wicked » Wolves
Wolves » Illustrative » Of wicked rulers
her judges are wolves of the night,
which leave nothing for
“Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.
Wolves » Illustrative » Of fierce enemies
A wolf from an arid plain will ravage them.
A leopard
Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces
because their rebellious acts are many,
their unfaithful deeds numerous.
and more fierce
Their horsemen charge ahead;
their horsemen come from distant lands.
They fly like an eagle, swooping to devour.
Wolves » Particularly fierce in the evening when it seeks its prey
A wolf from an arid plain will ravage them.
A leopard
Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces
because their rebellious acts are many,
their unfaithful deeds numerous.
and more fierce
Their horsemen charge ahead;
their horsemen come from distant lands.
They fly like an eagle, swooping to devour.
Wolves » Illustrative » (taming of,) of the change effected by conversion
and the leopard will lie down with the goat.
The calf, the young lion, and the fatling will be together,
and a child will lead them.
and the lion will eat straw like the ox,
but the serpent’s food will be dust!
They will not do what is evil or destroy
on My entire holy mountain,”
says the Lord.
Wolves » Illustrative » Of false teachers
I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
Wolves » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Wolves » Illustrative » Of the tribe of benjamin
In the morning he devours the prey,
and in the evening he divides the plunder.”
Wolves » Rapacious nature of
In the morning he devours the prey,
and in the evening he divides the plunder.”
Wolves » Illustrative » Of the devil
Wolves » Destructive to flocks of sheep
Wolves » Wolves, a type of the wicked
I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.