Lamentations 3:10
He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
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Referenced Verses
- Job 10:16 : 16 If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me.
- Ps 10:9 : 9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.
- Ps 17:12 : 12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
- Isa 38:13 : 13 I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.
- Hos 5:14 : 14 For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.
- Hos 6:1 : 1 "Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.
- Hos 13:7-8 : 7 Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path. 8 I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.
- Amos 5:18-20 : 18 "Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light. 19 As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him. 20 Won't the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Lam 3:11-122 verses85%
11 He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.
12 He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
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12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
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9 He has walled up my ways with cut stone; he has made my paths crooked.
- Ps 10:8-103 verses81%
8 He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.
10 The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.
- Ps 22:12-132 verses78%
12 Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
13 They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.
- Hos 13:7-82 verses78%
7 Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.
8 I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.
- Lam 3:5-73 verses77%
5 He has built against me, and surrounded me with gall and travail.
6 He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
7 He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.
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2 lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
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16 If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me.
- Job 16:9-146 verses75%
9 He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
10 They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
11 God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.
13 His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my gall on the ground.
14 He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs on me like a giant.
- Job 33:10-112 verses75%
10 Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.
11 He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.'
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19 As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.
- Lam 3:2-32 verses74%
2 He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
3 Surely against me he turns his hand again and again all the day.
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10 A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the way.
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13 I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.
- Nah 2:11-122 verses74%
11 Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion's cubs, and no one made them afraid?
12 The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill, and his dens with prey.
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4 My soul is among lions. I lie among those who 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, you knew my path. In the way in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.
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40 when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?
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38 He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing [sword], and because of his fierce anger.
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6 He went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
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10 For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall; perhaps he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
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5 The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
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8 My heritage is become to me as a lion in the forest: she has uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
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15 As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
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3 For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
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16 He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he has covered me with ashes.
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10 For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,
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13 From on high has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them; He has spread a net for my feet, he has turned me back: He has made me desolate and faint all the day.
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8 He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
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6 They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.
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11 He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.
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9 from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.
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6 For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.
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22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.