13 Bible Verses about Wolves
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So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the desert they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things.
Wild animals and wild dogs will congregate there; wild goats will bleat to one another. Yes, nocturnal animals will rest there and make for themselves a nest.
The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.
Their horses are faster than leopards and more alert than wolves in the desert. Their horses gallop, their horses come a great distance; like a vulture they swoop down quickly to devour their prey.
Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning devouring the prey, and in the evening dividing the plunder."
Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.
I know that after I am gone fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey -- shedding blood and destroying lives -- so they can get dishonest profit.
"Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.
"I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
A wolf will reside with a lamb, and a leopard will lie down with a young goat; an ox and a young lion will graze together, as a small child leads them along.
A wolf and a lamb will graze together; a lion, like an ox, will eat straw, and a snake's food will be dirt. They will no longer injure or destroy on my entire royal mountain," says the Lord.
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Names » Of the wicked » Wolves
"Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.
Wolves » Illustrative » Of wicked rulers
Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.
Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey -- shedding blood and destroying lives -- so they can get dishonest profit.
Wolves » Illustrative » Of fierce enemies
So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the desert they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things.
Their horses are faster than leopards and more alert than wolves in the desert. Their horses gallop, their horses come a great distance; like a vulture they swoop down quickly to devour their prey.
Wolves » Particularly fierce in the evening when it seeks its prey
So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the desert they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things.
Their horses are faster than leopards and more alert than wolves in the desert. Their horses gallop, their horses come a great distance; like a vulture they swoop down quickly to devour their prey.
Wolves » Illustrative » (taming of,) of the change effected by conversion
A wolf will reside with a lamb, and a leopard will lie down with a young goat; an ox and a young lion will graze together, as a small child leads them along.
A wolf and a lamb will graze together; a lion, like an ox, will eat straw, and a snake's food will be dirt. They will no longer injure or destroy on my entire royal mountain," says the Lord.
Wolves » Illustrative » Of false teachers
"Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.
I know that after I am gone fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
Wolves » Illustrative » Of the wicked
"I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Wolves » Illustrative » Of the tribe of benjamin
Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning devouring the prey, and in the evening dividing the plunder."
Wolves » Rapacious nature of
Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning devouring the prey, and in the evening dividing the plunder."
Wolves » Illustrative » Of the devil
The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.
Wolves » Destructive to flocks of sheep
The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.
Wolves » Wolves, a type of the wicked
"I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
"Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.
The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.
I know that after I am gone fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
