Genesis 1:1-2

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The Beginning

1 In the beginning^(A) God created^(B) the heavens^(C) and the earth.^(D) ²Now the earth was formless^(E) and empty,^(F) darkness was over the surface of the deep,^(G) and the Spirit of God^(H) was hovering^(I) over the waters.

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Deuteronomy 32:24

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²⁴I will send wasting famine^(A) against them,
consuming pestilence^(B) and deadly plague;^(C)
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,^(D)
the venom of vipers^(E) that glide in the dust.^(F)

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Deuteronomy 32:24 in all English translations

2 Kings 17:25-26

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²⁵When they first lived there, they did not worship the Lord; so he sent lions^(A) among them and they killed some of the people. ²⁶It was reported to the king of Assyria: “The people you deported and resettled in the towns of Samaria do not know what the god of that country requires. He has sent lions among them, which are killing them off, because the people do not know what he requires.”

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Hosea 13:4-8

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⁴“But I have been the Lord your God
    ever since you came out of Egypt.^(A)
You shall acknowledge^(B) no God but me,^(C)
    no Savior^(D) except me.
⁵I cared for you in the wilderness,^(E)
    in the land of burning heat.
⁶When I fed them, they were satisfied;
    when they were satisfied, they became proud;^(F)
    then they forgot^(G) me.^(H)
⁷So I will be like a lion^(I) to them,
    like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
⁸Like a bear robbed of her cubs,^(J)
    I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion^(K) I will devour them—
    a wild animal will tear them apart.^(L)