Lion, The

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

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• Genesis 49:9 OT

  Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?

• Revelation 5:5 NT

  One of the elders said to me, “Don’t weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome: he who opens the book and its seven seals.”

• Isaiah 38:13 OT

  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.

• Lamentations 3:10 OT

  He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

• Hosea 5:14 OT

  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.

• Hosea 13:8 OT

  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.

• Proverbs 28:1 OT

  The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

• 2 Samuel 1:23 OT

  Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. In their death, they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles. They were stronger than lions.

• Isaiah 5:29 OT

  Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver.

• Jeremiah 49:19 OT

  “Behold, he will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it. For who is like me? Who will appoint me a…

• Jeremiah 51:38 OT

  They will roar together like young lions. They will growl as lions’ cubs.

• Psalms 22:13 OT

  They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.

• 2 Timothy 4:17 NT

  But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

• 1 Peter 5:8 NT

  Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

• Proverbs 22:13 OT

  The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”

• Proverbs 26:13 OT

  The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”

• Isaiah 11:7 OT

  The cow and the bear will graze. Their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox.

• Isaiah 65:25 OT

  The wolf and the lamb will feed together. The lion will eat straw like the ox. Dust will be the serpent’s food. They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,” says Yahweh.

• Proverbs 19:12 OT

  The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

• Proverbs 20:2 OT

  The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.