Psalm 58:6
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6 O God, break the teeth in their mouths;
tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!(A)
Psalm 3:7
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7 Rise up, O Lord!
Deliver me, O my God!
For you strike all my enemies on the cheek;
you break the teeth of the wicked.
Job 29:17
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17 I broke the fangs of the unrighteous
and made them drop their prey from their teeth.(A)
Micah 5:8
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8 And among the nations the remnant of Jacob,
surrounded by many peoples,
shall be like a lion among the animals of the forest,
like a young lion among the flocks of sheep,
which, when it goes through, treads down
and tears in pieces, with no one to deliver.(A)
Hosea 5:14
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14 For I will be like a lion to Ephraim
and like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I myself will tear and go away;
I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.(A)
Ezekiel 30:21-26
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21 Mortal, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; it has not been bound up for healing or wrapped with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword.(A) 22 Therefore thus says the Lord God: I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was broken, and I will make the sword fall from his hand.(B) 23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.(C) 24 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him with the groans of one mortally wounded.(D) 25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall. And they shall know that I am the Lord when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon. He shall stretch it out against the land of Egypt,(E) 26 and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.(F)
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Isaiah 31:4
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4 For thus the Lord said to me,
“As a lion or a young lion growls over its prey
and, when a band of shepherds is called out against it,
is not terrified by their shouting
or daunted at their noise,
so the Lord of hosts will come down
to fight upon Mount Zion and upon its hill.(A)
Psalm 91:13
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13 You will tread on the lion and the adder;
the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.(A)
Psalm 17:12
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12 They are like a lion eager to tear,
like a young lion lurking in ambush.(A)
Psalm 10:15
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15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoers;
seek out their wickedness until you find none.(A)
Job 4:10-11
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10 The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion,
and the teeth of the young lions are broken.(A)
11 The strong lion perishes for lack of prey,
and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.(B)
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)
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