Hosea 13:7

American Standard Version (1901)

Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;

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Referenced Verses

  • Hos 5:14 : 14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.
  • Jer 5:6 : 6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, [and] their backslidings are increased.
  • Lam 3:10 : 10 He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
  • Isa 42:13 : 13 Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man; he will stir up [his] zeal like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies.
  • Amos 1:2 : 2 And he said, Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
  • Amos 3:4 : 4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
  • Amos 3:8 : 8 The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Hos 13:8
    89%

    8I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.

  • Hos 5:14
    82%

    14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.

  • Ps 17:12
    80%

    12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • Jer 5:6
    80%

    6Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, [and] their backslidings are increased.

  • Ps 22:13
    78%

    13They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.

  • Lam 3:10
    78%

    10He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

  • Isa 5:29
    77%

    29their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.

  • Nah 2:11-13
    3 verses
    77%

    11Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion [and] the lioness walked, the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?

    12The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.

    13Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions; and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

  • Hos 13:6
    77%

    6According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.

  • Hos 11:10
    76%

    10They shall walk after Jehovah, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children shall come trembling from the west.

  • Jer 25:38
    75%

    38He hath left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing [sword], and because of his fierce anger.

  • Ezek 19:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

    6And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

    7And he knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring.

  • Hos 7:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the birds of the heavens; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.

    13Woe unto them! for they have wandered from me; destruction unto them! for they have trespassed against me: though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

  • Num 23:24
    73%

    24Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.

  • Jer 50:44
    73%

    44Behold, [the enemy] shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that can stand before me?

  • Ezek 19:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

    3And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

  • Isa 31:4
    73%

    4For thus saith Jehovah unto me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Jehovah of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.

  • Mic 5:8
    73%

    8And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

  • Jer 4:7
    73%

    7A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

  • Job 4:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

    11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

  • Isa 56:9
    72%

    9All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, [yea], all ye beasts in the forest.

  • Jer 51:38
    72%

    38They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps.

  • Jer 49:19
    72%

    19Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that will stand before me?

  • Joel 1:6
    72%

    6For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

  • Lev 26:22
    72%

    22And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your ways shall become desolate.

  • Ps 7:2
    72%

    2Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

  • 2 Kgs 17:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not Jehovah: therefore Jehovah sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

    26Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the law of the god of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the law of the god of the land.

  • Ps 10:9
    72%

    9He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

  • Job 38:39-40
    2 verses
    72%

    39Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

    40When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?

  • Ezek 17:20
    72%

    20And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

  • Ezek 15:7
    71%

    7And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set my face against them.

  • Prov 30:30
    71%

    30The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And turneth not away for any;

  • Ezek 34:22
    71%

    22therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.

  • Isa 11:7
    71%

    7And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

  • Deut 32:24
    71%

    24[ They shall be] wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust. [

  • Ps 104:21
    71%

    21The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.

  • Ezek 34:11
    71%

    11For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.

  • Hos 2:12
    71%

    12And I will lay waste her vines and her fig-trees, whereof she hath said, These are my hire that my lovers have given me; and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

  • 1 Kgs 20:36
    71%

    36Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

  • Zech 11:16
    71%

    16For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat [sheep], and will tear their hoofs in pieces.

  • Ezek 34:8
    70%

    8As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely forasmuch as my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my sheep;