'Prey' in the Bible

When birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

You are a lion's cub, Judah, from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches and lies down like a lion; like a lioness -- who will rouse him?

Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning devouring the prey, and in the evening dividing the plunder."

Indeed, the people will rise up like a lioness, and like a lion raises himself up; they will not lie down until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of the slain."

The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.

a hidden path no bird of prey knows -- no falcon's eye has spotted it.

I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.

"Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the lions,

Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?

From there it spots its prey, its eyes gaze intently from a distance.

He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.

They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.

You shine brightly and reveal your majesty, as you descend from the hills where you killed your prey.

The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.

The Lord deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.

The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.

Their roar is like a lion's; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.

At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

Indeed, this is what the Lord says to me: "The Lord will be like a growling lion, like a young lion growling over its prey. Though a whole group of shepherds gathers against it, it is not afraid of their shouts or intimidated by their yelling. In this same way the Lord who commands armies will descend to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill.

The people I call my own attack me like birds of prey or like hyenas. But other birds of prey are all around them. Let all the nations gather together like wild beasts. Let them come and destroy these people I call my own.

The Babylonians are all like lions roaring for prey. They are like lion cubs growling for something to eat.

(Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.

I will tear off your headbands and rescue my people from your power; they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows within it.

Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey -- shedding blood and destroying lives -- so they can get dishonest profit.

As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep,

I will save my sheep; they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts will not devour them. They will live securely and no one will make them afraid.

therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the sovereign Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, and to the desolate ruins and the abandoned cities that have become prey and an object of derision to the rest of the nations round about --

therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Surely I have spoken in the fire of my zeal against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who with great joy and utter contempt have made my land their property and prey, because of its pasture.'

For a nation has invaded our land. There are so many of them they are too numerous to count. Their teeth are like those of a lion; they tear apart their prey like a lioness.

Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?

Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, in the midst of many peoples. They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which attacks when it passes through; it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it.

You will eat, but not be satisfied. Even if you have the strength to overtake some prey, you will not be able to carry it away; if you do happen to carry away something, I will deliver it over to the sword.

The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey to provide food for his lionesses; he filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh.

"I am against you!" declares the Lord who commands armies: "I will burn your chariots with fire; the sword will devour your young lions; you will no longer prey upon the land; the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard."

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.

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.