Hosea 13:7

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

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  • Hos 5:14 : 14 For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, and no one will rescue them.
  • 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.
  • Lam 3:10 : 10 He is like a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding.
  • Isa 42:13 : 13 The LORD will march out like a warrior; like a man of battle, He will stir up His zeal. He will raise a shout, yes, He will cry out aloud; against His enemies, He will show Himself mighty.
  • 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?
  • Amos 3:8 : 8 The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy?

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  • Hos 13:8
    89%

    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.

  • Hos 5:14
    82%

    14For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, and no one will rescue them.

  • Ps 17:12
    80%

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

  • Jer 5:6
    80%

    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.

  • Ps 22:13
    78%

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

  • Lam 3:10
    78%

    10He is like a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding.

  • Isa 5:29
    77%

    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.

  • Nah 2:11-13
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    77%

    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.

  • Hos 13:6
    77%

    6As they were fed, they were satisfied; as they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and so they forgot me.

  • Hos 11:10
    76%

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

  • Jer 25:38
    75%

    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.

  • Ezek 19:5-7
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    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.

  • Hos 7:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12As they go, I will spread my net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the sky. I will discipline them as their assembly has heard.

    13Woe to them because they have strayed from me! Destruction to them because they have rebelled against me! I long to redeem them, but they speak lies about me.

  • Num 23:24
    73%

    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.'

  • Jer 50:44
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    44Behold, like a lion coming up from the thickets of the Jordan to a secure pasture, I will drive them away suddenly from it. I will appoint whoever is chosen for it. For who is like me? Who can summon me? And what shepherd can stand against me?

  • Ezek 19:2-3
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    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.

  • Isa 31:4
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    4For this is what the LORD said to me: As a lion or a young lion growls over its prey, and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not frightened by their voice or disturbed by their noise, so the LORD of Hosts will come down to fight for Mount Zion and its hill.

  • Mic 5:8
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    8Your hand will be lifted up in victory over your adversaries, and all your enemies will be cut off.

  • Jer 4:7
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    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.

  • Job 4:10-11
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    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.

  • Isa 56:9
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    9All you wild animals of the field, come and devour, all you creatures of the forest.

  • Jer 51:38
    72%

    38They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.

  • Jer 49:19
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    19Look, like a lion coming up from the thickets of the Jordan to a permanent pasture, I will suddenly chase Edom from its land, and I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For who is like me, and who can summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?

  • Joel 1:6
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    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.

  • Lev 26:22
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    22I will send wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted.

  • Ps 7:2
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    2O Lord, my God, I take refuge in You; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me.

  • 2 Kgs 17:25-26
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    25When they first lived there, they did not fear the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of the people.

    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.'

  • Ps 10:9
    72%

    9He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the afflicted; he catches the afflicted by drawing them into his net.

  • Job 38:39-40
    2 verses
    72%

    39Can you hunt prey for the lion or satisfy the hunger of young lions,

    40when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in the thicket?

  • Ezek 17:20
    72%

    20I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the unfaithfulness he committed against Me.

  • Ezek 15:7
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    7I will set my face against them. Though they come out of the fire, the fire will still consume them. Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

  • Prov 30:30
    71%

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

  • Ezek 34:22
    71%

    22I will save My flock so they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

  • Isa 11:7
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    7The cow and the bear will graze; their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox.

  • Deut 32:24
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    24Wasted by famine, consumed by burning heat and bitter destruction, I will send against them the teeth of wild animals and the venom of creatures that crawl in the dust.

  • Ps 104:21
    71%

    21The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.

  • Ezek 34:11
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    11For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and look after them.

  • Hos 2:12
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    12Now I will uncover her shame in the sight of her lovers; no one will deliver her out of my hand.

  • 1 Kgs 20:36
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    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.

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    16For behold, I am raising up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those being destroyed, seek the young, heal the injured, or feed the healthy, but will eat the meat of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.'

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    8'As surely as I live,' declares the Lord GOD, 'because My flock has become prey and My flock has become food for every wild animal since there was no shepherd and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock,