Lamentations 3:10

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:16 : 16 If I rise up, You hunt me like a lion, and again show Your power against me.
  • Ps 10:9 : 9 He 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.
  • Ps 17:12 : 12 They are like a lion eager to tear its prey, like a young lion crouching in hiding.
  • Isa 38:13 : 13 I have calmed myself until morning; like a lion, He breaks all my bones. Day and night You bring me to an end.
  • 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.
  • Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has struck us down, but He will bind us up.
  • Hos 13:7-8 : 7 So I will become like a lion to them, like a leopard lying in wait by the path. 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.
  • Amos 5:18-20 : 18 Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you desire it? The day of the Lord will be darkness and not light. 19 It 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. 20 Won’t the day of the Lord be darkness and not light, gloom with no brightness in it?

Similar Verses (AI)

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    11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

    12He has bent His bow and made me the target for His arrows.

  • Ps 17:12
    83%

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

  • Lam 3:9
    82%

    9He has blocked my ways with cut stone; He has made my paths crooked.

  • Ps 10:8-10
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    8He sits in ambush in the villages; in the hiding places he murders the innocent; his eyes stealthily watch for the helpless.

    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.

    10He crouches, he bows down, and the helpless fall by his strong claws.

  • Ps 22:12-13
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    78%

    12Do not be far from me, for trouble is near, and there is no one to help.

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

  • Hos 13:7-8
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    78%

    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.

  • Lam 3:5-7
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    5He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

    6He has made me dwell in dark places, like those long dead.

    7He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed down my chains.

  • 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.

  • Job 10:16
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    16If I rise up, You hunt me like a lion, and again show Your power against me.

  • Job 16:9-14
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    75%

    9His anger tears at me, and he hates me; he gnashes his teeth at me. My adversary sharpens his eyes against me.

    10They gape at me with their mouths; they strike my cheeks in scorn and together they conspire against me.

    11God has handed me over to the unjust and thrown me into the hands of the wicked.

    12I was at ease, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target.

    13His archers surround me and pierce my kidneys without mercy; he pours my gall on the ground.

    14He breaks me with breach upon breach; he rushes at me like a warrior.

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    10But look, He finds faults against me; He considers me His enemy.

    11He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches all my paths.

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    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.

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    2He has driven me away and brought me into darkness, not into light.

    3Surely against me He turns His hand again and again, all day long.

  • Job 18:10
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    10His rope lies hidden in the ground, and his trap is set along the path.

  • Isa 38:13
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    13I have calmed myself until morning; like a lion, He breaks all my bones. Day and night You bring me to an end.

  • Nah 2:11-12
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    11Devastation, desolation, and destruction! Hearts melt, knees tremble, loins shake, and all faces turn pale.

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    3I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare my troubles to Him.

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

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    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.

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

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    10I hear many whispering, 'Terror on every side! Report him! Let’s report him!' All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying, 'Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him.'

  • Ps 140:5
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    5Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plot to overthrow my steps.

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    8My inheritance has become to me like a lion in the forest; she roars against me, therefore I hate her.

  • Prov 28:15
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    15Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

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    72%

    3For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground and making me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

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    16He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has made me cower in ashes.

  • Ps 71:10
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  • Lam 1:13
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    13From on high he sent fire; it burns in my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.

  • Job 19:8
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    8He has blocked my path so I cannot pass; He has shrouded my ways with darkness.

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    72%

    6All day long they twist my words; all their plans are against me for evil.

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    72%

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    9Protect me from the wicked who attack me, from my life’s enemies who surround me.

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    71%

    22Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring a raiding party upon them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and hidden snares for my feet.