Bible Cross References
a lion
Jeremiah 2:15
They have roared at him like lions; they have made his land a desert, and his towns lie in ruins, completely abandoned.
Jeremiah 4:7
Like a lion coming from its hiding place, a destroyer of nations has set out. He is coming to destroy Judah. The cities of Judah will be left in ruins, and no one will live in them.
Jeremiah 25:38
The LORD has abandoned his people like a lion that leaves its cave. The horrors of war and the LORD's fierce anger have turned the country into a desert.
Jeremiah 49:19
Like a lion coming out of the thick woods along the Jordan River up to the green pasture land, I will come and make the Edomites run away suddenly from their country. Then the leader I choose will rule the nation. Who can be compared to me? Who would dare challenge me? What ruler could oppose me?
Ezekiel 14:16-21
16
and even if those three men lived there---as surely as I, the Sovereign LORD, am the living God---they would not be able to save even their own children. They would save only their own lives, and the land would become a wilderness.
17
"Or I might bring war on that country and send destructive weapons to wipe out people and animals alike,
18
and even if those three men lived there---as surely as I, the Sovereign LORD, am the living God---they would not be able to save even their children, but only their own lives.
19
"If I send an epidemic on that country and in my anger take many lives, killing people and animals,
20
even if Noah, Danel, and Job lived there---as surely as I, the Sovereign LORD, am the living God---they would not be able to save even their own children. Their goodness would save only their own lives."
21
This is what the Sovereign LORD is saying: "I will send my four worst punishments on Jerusalem---war, famine, wild animals, and disease---to destroy people and animals alike.
Daniel 7:4
The first one looked like a lion, but had wings like an eagle. While I was watching, the wings were torn off. The beast was lifted up and made to stand up straight. And then a human mind was given to it.
Hosea 5:14
I will attack the people of Israel and Judah like a lion. I myself will tear them to pieces and then leave them. When I drag them off, no one will be able to save them.
Hosea 13:7
So I will attack you like a lion. Like a leopard I will lie in wait along your path.
Hosea 13:8
I will attack you like a bear that has lost her cubs, and I will tear you open. Like a lion I will devour you on the spot, and will tear you to pieces like a wild animal.
Amos 5:18
How terrible it will be for you who long for the day of the LORD! What good will that day do you? For you it will be a day of darkness and not of light.
Amos 5:19
It will be like someone who runs from a lion and meets a bear! Or like someone who comes home and puts his hand on the wall---only to be bitten by a snake!
Nahum 2:11
Where now is the city that was like a den of lions, the place where young lions were fed, where the lion and the lioness would go and their cubs would be safe?
Nahum 2:12
The lion killed his prey and tore it to pieces for his mate and her cubs; he filled his den with torn flesh.
and a wolf
Psalm 104:20
You made the night, and in the darkness all the wild animals come out.
Ezekiel 22:27
The government officials are like wolves tearing apart the animals they have killed. They commit murder in order to get rich.
Habakkuk 1:8
"Their horses are faster than leopards, fiercer than hungry wolves. Their cavalry troops come riding from distant lands; their horses paw the ground. They come swooping down like eagles attacking their prey.
Zephaniah 3:3
Its officials are like roaring lions; its judges are like hungry wolves, too greedy to leave a bone until morning.
a leopard
Daniel 7:6
While I was watching, another beast appeared. It looked like a leopard, but on its back there were four wings, like the wings of a bird, and it had four heads. It had a look of authority about it.
Hosea 13:7
So I will attack you like a lion. Like a leopard I will lie in wait along your path.
Revelation 13:2
The beast looked like a leopard, with feet like a bear's feet and a mouth like a lion's mouth. The dragon gave the beast his own power, his throne, and his vast authority.
because
Jeremiah 2:17
Israel, you brought this on yourself ! You deserted me, the LORD your God, while I was leading you along the way.
Jeremiah 2:19
Your own evil will punish you, and your turning from me will condemn you. You will learn how bitter and wrong it is to abandon me, the LORD your God, and no longer to remain faithful to me. I, the Sovereign LORD Almighty, have spoken."
Jeremiah 9:12-14
12
I asked, " LORD, why is the land devastated and dry as a desert, so that no one travels through it? Who is wise enough to understand this? To whom have you explained it so that they can tell others?"
13
The LORD answered, "This has happened because my people have abandoned the teaching that I gave them. They have not obeyed me or done what I told them.
14
Instead, they have been stubborn and have worshiped the idols of Baal as their ancestors taught them to do.
Jeremiah 14:7
My people cry out to me, 'Even though our sins accuse us, help us, LORD, as you have promised. We have turned away from you many times; we have sinned against you.
Jeremiah 16:10-12
10
"When you tell them all this, they will ask you why I have decided to punish them so harshly. They will ask what crime they are guilty of and what sin they have committed against the LORD their God.
11
Then tell them that the LORD has said, 'Your ancestors turned away from me and worshiped and served other gods. They abandoned me and did not obey my teachings.
12
But you have done even worse than your ancestors. All of you are stubborn and evil, and you do not obey me.
Jeremiah 30:24
(SEE 30:23)
Numbers 32:14
And now you have taken your ancestors' place, a new generation of sinful people ready to bring down the fierce anger of the LORD on Israel again.
Ezra 9:6
I said, "O God, I am too ashamed to raise my head in your presence. Our sins pile up higher than our heads; they reach as high as the heavens.
Ezra 10:10
Ezra the priest stood up and spoke to them. He said, "You have been faithless and have brought guilt on Israel by marrying foreign women.
Isaiah 59:12
" LORD, our crimes against you are many. Our sins accuse us. We are well aware of them all.
Lamentations 1:5
Her enemies succeeded; they hold her in their power. The LORD has made her suffer for all her many sins; Her children have been captured and taken away.
Ezekiel 16:25
You dragged your beauty through the mud. You offered yourself to everyone who came by, and you were more of a prostitute every day.
Ezekiel 23:19
She became more of a prostitute than ever, acting the way she did as a young woman, when she was a prostitute in Egypt.