Psalm 7:2
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2 or like a lion they will tear me apart;
they will drag me away, with no one to rescue.(A)
Psalm 50:22
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22 Mark this, then, you who forget God,
or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to deliver.(A)
Isaiah 38:13
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13 I cry for help[a] until morning;
like a lion he breaks all my bones;
from day to night you bring me to an end.(A)
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- 38.13 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
1 Peter 5:8
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8 Discipline yourselves; keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.(A)
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2 Timothy 4:17
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17 But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.(A)
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Hosea 13:7-8
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7 So I will become like a lion to them;
like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.(A)
8 I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs
and will tear open the covering of their heart;
there I will devour them like a lion,
as a wild animal would mangle them.
Proverbs 19:12
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12 A king’s anger is like the growling of a lion,
but his favor is like dew on the grass.(A)
Psalm 35:15
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15 But at my stumbling they gathered in glee;
they gathered together against me;
ruffians whom I did not know
tore at me without ceasing;(A)
Psalm 22:13
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13 they open wide their mouths at me,
like a ravening and roaring lion.(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 10:9
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9 they lurk in secret like a lion in its den;
they lurk that they may seize the poor;
they seize the poor and drag them off in their net.(A)
Job 10:7
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7 although you know that I am not guilty,
and there is no one to deliver out of your hand?(A)
2 Samuel 14:6
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6 Your servant had two sons, and they fought with one another in the field; there was no one to part them, and one struck the other and killed him.
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Judges 18:28
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28 There was no deliverer because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with Aram.[a] It was in the valley that belongs to Beth-rehob. They rebuilt the city and lived in it.(A)
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- 18.28 Cn: Heb with anyone
Deuteronomy 33:20
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20 And of Gad he said,
“Blessed be the enlargement of Gad!
Like a lion he lives;
he tears at arm and scalp.(A)
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