'Wolves' in the Bible

Its princes in its midst are as wolves, Tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, For the sake of gaining dishonest gain.

Swifter than leopards have been its horses, And sharper than evening wolves, And increased have its horsemen, Even its horsemen from afar come in, They fly as an eagle, hasting to consume.

Her heads in her midst are roaring lions, Her judges are evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.

'But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.

'Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

'Go away; lo, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves;

for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,