1 Samuel 17:34

1 Samuel 16 1 Samuel 18

1 Samuel 17:34 New International Version (NIV)

³⁴But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock,

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Psalm 7:2

Psalm 6 Psalm 8

Psalm 7:2 New International Version (NIV)

²or they will tear me apart like a lion
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

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Isaiah 38:13

Isaiah 37 Isaiah 39

Isaiah 38:13 New International Version (NIV)

¹³I waited patiently till dawn,
but like a lion he broke all my bones;
day and night you made an end of me.

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Jeremiah 5:6

Jeremiah 4 Jeremiah 6

Jeremiah 5:6 New International Version (NIV)

⁶Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them,
    a wolf from the desert will ravage them,
a leopard will lie in wait near their towns
    to tear to pieces any who venture out,
for their rebellion is great
    and their backslidings many.

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Jeremiah 25:38

Jeremiah 24 Jeremiah 26

Jeremiah 25:38 New International Version (NIV)

³⁸Like a lion he will leave his lair,
and their land will become desolate
because of the sword^[a] of the oppressor
and because of the Lord’s fierce anger.

Footnotes:

Jeremiah 25:38 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 46:16 and 50:16); most Hebrew manuscripts anger

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Lamentations 3:10

Lamentations 2 Lamentations 4

Lamentations 3:10 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁰Like a bear lying in wait,
like a lion in hiding,

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Hosea 5:14

Hosea 4 Hosea 6

Hosea 5:14 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁴For I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces and go away;
I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.