Psalms 17:12
He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 7:2 : 2 Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.
- Ps 10:9 : 9 He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.
- Ps 22:13 : 13 They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.
- 2 Tim 4:17 : 17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth!
- 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.
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10ד(Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.
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- Ps 10:8-103 verses83%
8He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.
9He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.
10His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.
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12Many bulls surround me; powerful bulls of Bashan hem me in.
13They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.
- Nah 2:11-122 verses81%
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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7So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
8I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs– I will rip open their chests. I will devour them there like a lion– like a wild animal would tear them apart.
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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.
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11They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground.
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21The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.
- 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.
- Job 38:39-402 verses78%
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?
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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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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.
- Ezek 19:6-72 verses77%
6He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.
7He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.
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13Rise up, LORD! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!
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2and say:“‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions; she reared her cubs.
3She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.
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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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4Does 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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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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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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12We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.
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8Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it.
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6O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O LORD!
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30a lion, mightiest of the beasts, who does not retreat from anything;
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4I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.
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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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17O Lord, how long are you going to watch this? Rescue me from their destructive attacks; guard my life from the young lions!
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18but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!
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6They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.
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16If I lift myself up, you hunt me as a fierce lion, and again you display your power against me.
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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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10Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
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9Protect me from the wicked men who attack me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.
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4The Lord Will Defend Zion Indeed, this is what the LORD has said to me:“The LORD will be like a growling lion, like a young lion growling over its prey. Though a whole group of shepherds gathers against it, it is not afraid of their shouts or intimidated by their yelling. In this same way the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will descend to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill.
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1Α wicked person fled, though no one was pursuing, but the righteous person can be as confident as a lion.
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38The Babylonians are all like lions roaring for prey. They are like lion cubs growling for something to eat.
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32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.
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6So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the rift valley they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things.