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Verse 8

Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.

Referenced Verses

Eph 6:11 : 11 Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
Jas 4:7 : 7 So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.
1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
1 John 3:8-9 : 8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil. 9 Everyone who has been fathered by God does not practice sin, because God’s seed resides in him, and thus he is not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God. 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness– the one who does not love his fellow Christian– is not of God.
1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night. 8 But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.
Job 2:2 : 2 And the LORD said to Satan,“Where do you come from?” Satan answered the LORD,“From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”
Eph 4:27 : 27 Do not give the devil an opportunity.
Rev 12:9 : 9 So that huge dragon– the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world– was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.
Luke 21:36 : 36 But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Luke 22:31 : 31 “Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat,
John 8:44 : 44 You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
1 Pet 4:7 : 7 Service, Suffering, and Judgment For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.
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!
Rev 20:10 : 10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are too, and they will be tormented there day and night forever and ever.
Rev 12:12 : 12 Therefore you heavens rejoice, and all who reside in them! But woe to the earth and the sea because the devil has come down to you! He is filled with terrible anger, for he knows that he only has a little time!”
Rom 13:11-13 : 11 Motivation to Godly Conduct And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers. 12 The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light. 13 Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy.
Zech 3:1 : 1 Vision Four: The Priest Next I saw Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
Matt 24:42 : 42 “Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
Joel 3:16 : 16 The LORD roars from Zion; from Jerusalem his voice bellows out. The heavens and the earth shake. But the LORD is a refuge for his people; he is a stronghold for the citizens of Israel.
Matt 13:39 : 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
Luke 21:34 : 34 Be Ready!“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.
Rev 20:2 : 2 He seized the dragon– the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan– and tied him up for a thousand years.
Titus 2:6 : 6 Encourage younger men likewise to be self-controlled,
Titus 2:12 : 12 It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
Judg 14:5 : 5 Samson went down to Timnah. When he approached the vineyards of Timnah, he saw a roaring young lion attacking him.
Ps 104:21 : 21 The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.
Ps 109:6 : 6 Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side!
Isa 5:29-30 : 29 Their 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. 30 At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.
Amos 3:8 : 8 A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The Sovereign LORD has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy?
Matt 4:11 : 11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to his needs.
1 Tim 2:9 : 9 Conduct of Women Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing,
1 Tim 2:15 : 15 But she will be delivered through childbearing, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.
Zech 11:3 : 3 Listen 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.
Matt 4:1 : 1 The Temptation of Jesus Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Matt 25:41 : 41 “Then he will say to those on his left,‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!
Luke 12:45-46 : 45 But if that slave should say to himself,‘My master is delayed in returning,’ and he begins to beat the other slaves, both men and women, and to eat, drink, and get drunk, 46 then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee, and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the unfaithful.
Isa 14:12-13 : 12 Look how you have fallen from the sky, O shining one, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O conqueror of the nations! 13 You said to yourself,“I will climb up to the sky. Above the stars of El I will set up my throne. I will rule on the mountain of assembly on the remote slopes of Zaphon.
Isa 50:8 : 8 The one who vindicates me is close by. Who dares to argue with me? Let us confront each other! Who is my accuser? Let him challenge me!
Jer 2:15 : 15 Like 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.
Jer 51:38 : 38 The Babylonians are all like lions roaring for prey. They are like lion cubs growling for something to eat.
Ezek 19:7 : 7 He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.
Ezek 22:25 : 25 Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows within it.
Dan 6:24 : 24 The king gave another order, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the lions’ den– they, their children, and their wives. They did not even reach the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
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.
Hos 13:8 : 8 I 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.
Prov 19:12 : 12 A king’s wrath is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Prov 20:2 : 2 The king’s terrifying anger is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him sins against himself.
Esth 7:6 : 6 Esther replied,“The oppressor and enemy is this evil Haman!”Then Haman became terrified in the presence of the king and queen.
Job 1:6-7 : 6 Satan’s Accusation of Job Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD– and Satan also arrived among them. 7 The LORD said to Satan,“Where have you come from?” And Satan answered the LORD,“From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”
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 3:4 : 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?
1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect.
Titus 1:8 : 8 Instead he must be hospitable, devoted to what is good, sensible, upright, devout, and self-controlled.
Titus 2:2 : 2 Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.
Titus 2:4 : 4 In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,
Matt 24:48-50 : 48 But if that evil slave should say to himself,‘My master is staying away a long time,’ 49 and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards, 50 then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,
1 Tim 3:2 : 2 The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,