Lamentations 3:10
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret pces.
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- Job 10:16 : 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
- Ps 10:9 : 9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
- Ps 17:12 : 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
- Isa 38:13 : 13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
- Hos 5:14 : 14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the use of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
- Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
- Hos 13:7-8 : 7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: 8 I 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 lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
- Amos 5:18-20 : 18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. 20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
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- Lam 3:11-122 verses85%
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desote.
12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
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12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
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9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
- Ps 10:8-103 verses81%
8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
- Ps 22:12-132 verses78%
12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
- Hos 13:7-82 verses78%
7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
8 I 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 lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
- Lam 3:5-73 verses77%
5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6 He hath set me in dark pces, as they that be dead of old.
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
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2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
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16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
- Job 16:9-146 verses75%
9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
- Job 33:10-112 verses75%
10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
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19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
- Lam 3:2-32 verses74%
2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
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10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
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13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
- Nah 2:11-122 verses74%
11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
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4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
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3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
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40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
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38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
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6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
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10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
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5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
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8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
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15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
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3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
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16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
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10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
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13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desote and faint all the day.
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8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
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6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my ste, when they wait for my soul.
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11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
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9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
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6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
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22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.