Amos 3:4
Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 104:21 : 21 The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.
- Hos 11:10 : 10 God Will Restore the Exiles to Israel He will roar like a lion, and they will follow the LORD; when he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.
- Amos 1:2 : 2 God Will Judge the Surrounding Nations Amos said:“The LORD comes roaring out of Zion; from Jerusalem he comes bellowing! The shepherds’ pastures wilt; the summit of Carmel withers.”
- Amos 3:8 : 8 A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The Sovereign LORD has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy?
- Hos 5:14 : 14 The Lion Will Carry Israel Off Into Exile I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them!
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39“Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the lions,
40when they crouch in their dens, when they wait in ambush in the thicket?
41Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
- Nah 2:11-122 verses80%
11Taunt against the Once-Mighty Lion Where now is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them?
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- Job 4:10-112 verses78%
10There is the roaring of the lion and the growling of the young lion, but the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
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21The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.
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8Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it.
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29Their roar is like a lion’s; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.
- Prov 30:30-312 verses76%
30a lion, mightiest of the beasts, who does not retreat from anything;
31a strutting rooster, a male goat, and a king with his army around him.
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12He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.
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15Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him; they raise their voices in triumph. They have laid his land waste; his cities have been burned down and deserted.
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10Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
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24Indeed, the people will rise up like a lioness, and like a lion raises himself up; they will not lie down until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”
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3Do two walk together without having met?
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13They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.
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38The LORD is like a lion who has left his lair. So their lands will certainly be laid waste by the warfare of the oppressive nation and by the fierce anger of the LORD.”
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2Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.
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5“‘When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope was lost. She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
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7Like a lion that has come up from its lair the one who destroys nations has set out from his home base. He is coming out to lay your land waste. Your cities will become ruins and lie uninhabited.
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6For a nation has invaded my land, mighty and without number. Their teeth are lion’s teeth; they have the fangs of a lioness.
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5Samson went down to Timnah. When he approached the vineyards of Timnah, he saw a roaring young lion attacking him.
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13The sluggard has said,“There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”
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9You are a lion’s cub, Judah, from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches and lies down like a lion; like a lioness– who will rouse him?
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18Listen to the cattle groan! The herds of livestock wander around in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
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19Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.
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14The Lion Will Carry Israel Off Into Exile I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them!
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15Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
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13The sluggard has said,“There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”
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17When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls,
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6O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O LORD!
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3Then he shouted in a loud voice like a lion roaring, and when he shouted, the seven thunders sounded their voices.
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3Listen to the howling of shepherds, because their magnificence has been destroyed. Listen to the roaring of young lions, because the thickets of the Jordan have been devastated.
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9The Lord Denounces Israel’s Paganism All you wild animals in the fields, come and devour, all you wild animals in the forest!