1 Peter 5:8

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Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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  • Eph 6:11 : 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
  • Jas 4:7 : 7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action, be sober-minded, and set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
  • 1 John 3:8-9 : 8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this reason: to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one born of God practices sin, for His seed abides in them; they cannot keep on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God.
  • 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
  • Job 2:2 : 2 The LORD said to Satan, 'Where have you come from?' Satan answered the LORD, 'From roaming through the earth and walking back and forth on it.'
  • Eph 4:27 : 27 and do not give the devil an opportunity.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
  • Luke 21:36 : 36 Be vigilant and pray at all times, so that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.
  • Luke 22:31 : 31 Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to sift you all like wheat.
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are from your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 The end of all things is near. Therefore, be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.
  • 2 Tim 4:17 : 17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully made and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth.
  • Rev 20:10 : 10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
  • Rev 12:12 : 12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.
  • Rom 13:11-13 : 11 And do this, knowing the time, that the hour has already come for you to wake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is far gone, and the day is near. So let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly, as in the daytime, not in revelries and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.
  • Zech 3:1 : 1 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him.
  • Matt 24:42 : 42 Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
  • Joel 3:16 : 16 The LORD will roar from Zion and shout from Jerusalem; the heavens and the earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people and a stronghold for the children of Israel.
  • Matt 13:39 : 39 The enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with indulgence, drunkenness, and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.
  • Rev 20:2 : 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
  • Titus 2:6 : 6 Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled.
  • Titus 2:12 : 12 It teaches us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously, and godly in the present age,
  • Judg 14:5 : 5 Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother. When they came to the vineyards of Timnah, suddenly a young lion came roaring toward him.
  • Ps 104:21 : 21 The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.
  • Ps 109:6 : 6 Appoint a wicked person over him, and let an accuser stand at his right hand.
  • Isa 5:29-30 : 29 Their roar is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey and carry it off, with no one to rescue it. 30 On that day, they will roar over it like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks at the land, there is only darkness and distress; even the light is darkened by the clouds.
  • Amos 3:8 : 8 The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy?
  • Matt 4:11 : 11 Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.
  • 1 Tim 2:9 : 9 Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing,
  • 1 Tim 2:15 : 15 But she will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness with self-control.
  • Zech 11:3 : 3 Listen! The wailing of the shepherds, because their glory is ruined. Listen! The roar of the lions, for the pride of the Jordan is devastated.
  • Matt 4:1 : 1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
  • Matt 25:41 : 41 Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
  • Luke 12:45-46 : 45 But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 the master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. He will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the unfaithful.
  • Isa 14:12-13 : 12 How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, you who laid low the nations. 13 You said in your heart, 'I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the north.'
  • Isa 50:8 : 8 He who vindicates me is near. Who will bring charges against me? Let us face each other. Who is my accuser? Let him confront me.
  • Jer 2:15 : 15 Young lions have roared against him; they have raised their voices. They have turned his land into a desolation; his towns are burned and uninhabited.
  • Jer 51:38 : 38 They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.
  • Ezek 19:7 : 7 He destroyed their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and its fullness were desolated at the sound of his roaring.
  • Ezek 22:25 : 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets within her, like a roaring lion that tears its prey; they have devoured lives, seized treasure and precious things, and made many widows within her.
  • Dan 6:24 : 24 At the king’s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the lions' den, along with their wives and children. Before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
  • Hos 11:10 : 10 They will follow the LORD, and He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
  • Hos 13:8 : 8 I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs; I will tear their hearts open. There I will devour them like a lion; a wild beast will rip them apart.
  • Prov 19:12 : 12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
  • Prov 20:2 : 2 The roar of a king is like the growl of a young lion; whoever provokes him to anger risks his life.
  • Esth 7:6 : 6 Esther said, "The adversary and enemy is this vile Haman." Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen.
  • Job 1:6-7 : 6 One day, the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. 7 The LORD said to Satan, 'Where have you come from?' Satan answered the LORD, 'From roaming the earth and walking back and forth on it.'
  • Amos 1:2 : 2 He said: 'The LORD roars from Zion, and from Jerusalem He raises His voice; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.'
  • Amos 3:4 : 4 Does a lion roar in the forest if it has no prey? Does a young lion growl from its den unless it has caught something?
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded and faithful in all things.
  • Titus 1:8 : 8 But he must be hospitable, a lover of what is good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
  • Titus 2:2 : 2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance.
  • Titus 2:4 : 4 They are to encourage the young women to love their husbands and children,
  • Matt 24:48-50 : 48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,' 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.
  • 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 Therefore, an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

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