Numbers 24:9
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9 He crouched; he lay down like a lion
and like a lioness; who will rouse him up?
Blessed is everyone who blesses you,
and cursed is everyone who curses you.”(A)
Genesis 12:3
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3 I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”[a](A)
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- 12.3 Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves
Genesis 27:29
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29 Let peoples serve you
and nations bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers,
and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who curses you,
and blessed be everyone who blesses you!”(A)
Genesis 49:9
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9 Judah is a lion’s whelp;
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He crouches down, he stretches out like a lion,
like a lioness—who dares rouse him up?(A)
Numbers 23:24
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24 Look, a people rising up like a lioness
and rousing itself like a lion!
It does not lie down until it has eaten the prey
and drunk the blood of the slain.”(A)
Matthew 25:45
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45 Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’(A)
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Matthew 25:40
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40 And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me.’(A)
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Acts 9:5
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5 He asked, “Who are you, Lord?” The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
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Psalm 122:6
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6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.(A)
Psalm 2:12
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12 kiss his feet,[a]
or he will be angry, and you will perish in the way,
for his wrath is quickly kindled.
Happy are all who take refuge in him.(A)
Job 41:10
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- 41.10 Heb me
Job 38:39-40
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39 “Can you hunt the prey for the lion
or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,(A)
40 when they crouch in their dens
or lie in wait in their covert?(B)
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