2 Kings 17:25

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When they first lived there, they did not fear the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of the people.

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  • 2 Kgs 17:32 : 32 They feared the Lord, but they also appointed for themselves all sorts of priests for the high places, who made sacrifices for them in the shrines of the high places.
  • 2 Kgs 17:34 : 34 To this day they continue to practice their former customs. They neither fear the Lord nor follow the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
  • 2 Kgs 17:41 : 41 So these nations feared the Lord, but they also served their carved images. Their children and grandchildren continued to do as their fathers did, even to this day.
  • Jer 5:6 : 6 Therefore, a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the wilderness will ravage them, and a leopard is watching their cities. Anyone who goes out will be torn apart, because their transgressions are many and their backslidings are numerous.
  • Jer 10:7 : 7 Who should not fear You, King of the nations? This is Your due. Among all the wise ones of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like You.
  • Jer 15:3 : 3 I will appoint over them four kinds of punishment, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth to devour and destroy.
  • Ezek 14:15 : 15 If I send wild beasts through the land and they ravage it, leaving it desolate so that no one can pass through because of the beasts,
  • Ezek 14:21 : 21 For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: How much worse will it be when I send my four dreadful judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—against Jerusalem, to cut off both man and beast from it!
  • Dan 6:26 : 26 I issue a decree that in all my royal dominion, people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel. For He is the living God and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will have no end.
  • Jonah 1:9 : 9 And he answered, "I am a Hebrew, and I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land."
  • Josh 22:25 : 25 The LORD has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you—you Reubenites and Gadites! You have no share in the LORD.’ So your descendants might cause ours to stop worshiping the LORD.
  • 1 Kgs 13:24 : 24 As he was traveling, a lion met him on the road and killed him. His body was thrown on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
  • 1 Kgs 20:36 : 36 Then the prophet said to him, 'Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you leave me, a lion will kill you.' And as soon as he left him, a lion found him and killed him.
  • 2 Kgs 2:24 : 24 He turned around, saw them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the forest and mauled forty-two of the boys.
  • 2 Kgs 17:28 : 28 So one of the priests who had been taken captive from Samaria came back and lived in Bethel. He taught them how they should fear the Lord.

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  • 2 Kgs 17:26-28
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    26It was said to the king of Assyria, 'The nations you have resettled in the towns of Samaria do not know the customs of the God of the land. He has sent lions among them, which are killing them because the people do not know His customs.'

    27Then the king of Assyria gave this order: 'Send back one of the priests you took captive from Samaria. Let him live there and teach the people the customs of the God of the land.'

    28So one of the priests who had been taken captive from Samaria came back and lived in Bethel. He taught them how they should fear the Lord.

  • Nah 2:11-13
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    79%

    11Devastation, desolation, and destruction! Hearts melt, knees tremble, loins shake, and all faces turn pale.

    12Where is the lion’s den, the lair of the young lions, where the lion went, the lioness went, and the lion’s cubs, with no one to disturb them?

    13The lion tears apart prey to feed its cubs and strangles it for its lionesses. He fills his dens with prey and his lairs with torn flesh.

  • 1 Kgs 20:36
    74%

    36Then the prophet said to him, 'Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you leave me, a lion will kill you.' And as soon as he left him, a lion found him and killed him.

  • 2 Kgs 17:24
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    24The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the towns of Samaria in place of the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.

  • Jer 5:6
    73%

    6Therefore, a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the wilderness will ravage them, and a leopard is watching their cities. Anyone who goes out will be torn apart, because their transgressions are many and their backslidings are numerous.

  • Jer 2:15
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    15Young lions have roared against him; they have raised their voices. They have turned his land into a desolation; his towns are burned and uninhabited.

  • 1 Kgs 13:24-26
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    24As he was traveling, a lion met him on the road and killed him. His body was thrown on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.

    25Some people who passed by saw the body lying on the road, with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported it in the city where the old prophet lived.

    26When the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard about it, he said, 'It is the man of God who defied the command of the LORD. Therefore, the LORD has given him over to the lion, which has mauled and killed him, just as the word of the LORD had spoken to him.'

  • Ezek 19:5-7
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    73%

    5When she saw that her hope was lost and her waiting was in vain, she took another one of her cubs and made him into a young lion.

    6He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey and devoured people.

    7He destroyed their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and its fullness were desolated at the sound of his roaring.

  • Job 4:10-11
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    73%

    10The roar of the lion, the growl of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions are shattered.

    11The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

  • 2 Kgs 17:7
    72%

    7This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods.

  • 2 Kgs 17:32-34
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    72%

    32They feared the Lord, but they also appointed for themselves all sorts of priests for the high places, who made sacrifices for them in the shrines of the high places.

    33They feared the Lord, but they also served their own gods according to the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.

    34To this day they continue to practice their former customs. They neither fear the Lord nor follow the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.

  • Hos 13:7-8
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    72%

    7So I will become like a lion to them, like a leopard lying in wait by the path.

    8I 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.

  • Ezek 19:2-3
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    71%

    2Say, 'What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among the young lions and raised her cubs.'

    3She brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey and devoured men.

  • Jer 25:37-38
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    37The peaceful pastures will be silent because of the LORD's fierce anger.

    38Like a lion leaving its lair, He has left His den, for their land has become a desolation because of the oppressor's wrath and the LORD's fierce anger.

  • Judg 14:5
    71%

    5Then 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.

  • Jer 50:17
    71%

    17Israel is a scattered sheep chased by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to gnaw at his bones was Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.

  • Hos 11:10
    71%

    10They will follow the LORD, and He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.

  • Jer 4:7
    70%

    7A lion has come out of his thicket, a destroyer of nations has set out; he has left his place to turn your land into a waste. Your cities will be ruined, without inhabitants.

  • Ps 17:12
    70%

    12They are like a lion eager to tear its prey, like a young lion crouching in hiding.

  • Joel 1:6
    70%

    6For a nation has invaded my land, strong and without number. Its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the fangs of a lioness.

  • Prov 30:30
    70%

    30A lion, mighty among beasts, who does not retreat before any;

  • Isa 5:29
    70%

    29Their 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.

  • Dan 6:24
    69%

    24At 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.

  • Judg 2:15
    69%

    15Wherever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring disaster on them, as the LORD had said and sworn to them. And they were in great distress.

  • Num 23:24
    69%

    24'The people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion. They will not lie down until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.'

  • Job 28:8
    69%

    8Proud beasts have not set foot on it, nor has the lion prowled over it.

  • 2 Chr 17:10
    69%

    10The fear of the LORD came upon all the kingdoms surrounding Judah, so they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.

  • Ps 34:10
    69%

    10Fear the Lord, you His holy ones, for those who fear Him lack nothing.

  • 1 Sam 17:34
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    34David said to Saul, 'Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep. Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,'

  • Ps 22:13
    69%

    13Many bulls surround me; strong ones of Bashan encircle me.

  • Amos 5:19
    68%

    19It will be as if a man flees from a lion, only to be met by a bear; or as if he enters his house, rests his hand on the wall, and a snake bites him.

  • Zeph 3:3
    68%

    3Her officials are roaring lions in her midst; her judges are wolves of the evening, leaving nothing for the morning.