6 occurrences

'Devours' in the Bible

"Benjamin is vicious like a wolf; what he kills in the morning he devours in the evening."

Verse ConceptsWolvesIn The MorningDividing PlunderFierce Men

So they put out this false report to the Israelis about the land that they had explored: "The land that we've explored is one that devours its inhabitants. All the people whom we observed were giants.

Verse ConceptsBad Newsdoubt, results ofGiantsexploring

They cut meat on the right, but they're still hungry, and they devour also on the left, but they're not satisfied; each devours the flesh of his own children.

Verse ConceptsStomachs

Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh; together they are against Judah. "Yet for all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still stretched out, ready to strike."

Verse ConceptsGod's HandGod's Hands Stretched OutDisunity

They leap like the rumbling of chariots echoing from mountain tops, like the roar of wild fire that devours the chaff, as an army firmly established in battle array.

Verse ConceptsNoiseLeapingWheelsAttacking With ChariotsCreatures JumpingBurning PlantsBangsRumbling

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