Bible Verses about Lion

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Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff on 09/19/2019

What does the Bible say about Lion? Discover the top Bible verses about Lion from the Old and New Testaments. Read through the biblical references of Lion to learn more about its meaning and significance. May you find some insight from these related scripture quotes!

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Revelation 5:5

5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
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1 Peter 5:8

8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
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2 Timothy 4:17

17 But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.
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Hebrews 11:33

33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
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Revelation 4:7

7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.
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Revelation 9:8

8 Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.
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Revelation 9:17

17 The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur.
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Revelation 13:2

2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.
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Isaiah 31:4

4 This is what the LORD says to me: “As a lion growls, a great lion over its prey— and though a whole band of shepherds is called together against it, it is not frightened by their shouts or disturbed by their clamor— so the LORD Almighty will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights.
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Genesis 49:9

9 You are a lion’s cub, Judah; you return from the prey, my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
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Psalms 17:12

12 They are like a lion hungry for prey, like a fierce lion crouching in cover.
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Proverbs 30:30

30 a lion, mighty among beasts, who retreats before nothing;
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Isaiah 11:6

6 The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.
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1 Samuel 17:34

34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock,
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Proverbs 19:12

12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
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Hosea 5:14

14 For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.
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Job 4:10

10 The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
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Lamentations 3:10

10 Like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding,
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Psalms 104:21

21 The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
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1 Kings 13:24

24 As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying on the road, with both the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
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Proverbs 28:1

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1 The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
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Psalms 7:2

2 or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
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Psalms 10:9

9 like a lion in cover he lies in wait. He lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.
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Nahum 2:12

12 The lion killed enough for his cubs and strangled the prey for his mate, filling his lairs with the kill and his dens with the prey.
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1 Kings 20:36

36 So the prophet said, “Because you have not obeyed the LORD, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.” And after the man went away, a lion found him and killed him.
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Amos 3:8

8 The lion has roared— who will not fear? The Sovereign LORD has spoken— who can but prophesy?
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Job 28:8

8 Proud beasts do not set foot on it, and no lion prowls there.
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Judges 14:18

18 Before sunset on the seventh day the men of the town said to him, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” Samson said to them, “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle.”
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Job 10:16

16 If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion and again display your awesome power against me.
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Proverbs 22:13

13 The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”
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Isaiah 65:25

25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,” says the LORD.
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Micah 5:8

8 The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which mauls and mangles as it goes, and no one can rescue.
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Hosea 11:10

10 They will follow the LORD; he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.
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Jeremiah 2:15

15 Lions have roared; they have growled at him. They have laid waste his land; his towns are burned and deserted.
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Jeremiah 49:19

19 “Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets to a rich pastureland, I will chase Edom from its land in an instant. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? Who is like me and who can challenge me? And what shepherd can stand against me?”
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Hosea 13:8

8 Like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will attack them and rip them open; like a lion I will devour them— a wild animal will tear them apart.
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Proverbs 20:2

2 A king’s wrath strikes terror like the roar of a lion; those who anger him forfeit their lives.
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Isaiah 38:13

13 I waited patiently till dawn, but like a lion he broke all my bones; day and night you made an end of me.
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2 Kings 17:25-26

25 When they first lived there, they did not worship the LORD; so he sent lions among them and they killed some of the people.
26 It 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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Job 4:11

11 The lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
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Isaiah 5:29

29 Their roar is like that of the lion, they roar like young lions; they growl as they seize their prey and carry it off with no one to rescue.
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Judges 14:5

5 Samson went down to Timnah together with his father and mother. As they approached the vineyards of Timnah, suddenly a young lion came roaring toward him.
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Deuteronomy 33:22

22 About Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, springing out of Bashan.”
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Proverbs 26:13

13 A sluggard says, “There’s a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!”
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Psalms 22:13

13 Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me.
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1 Kings 7:29

29 On the panels between the uprights were lions, bulls and cherubim—and on the uprights as well. Above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths of hammered work.
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Deuteronomy 33:20

20 About Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges Gad’s domain! Gad lives there like a lion, tearing at arm or head.
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Isaiah 30:6

6 A prophecy concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lions and lionesses, of adders and darting snakes, the envoys carry their riches on donkeys’ backs, their treasures on the humps of camels, to that unprofitable nation,
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Jeremiah 51:38

38 Her people all roar like young lions, they growl like lion cubs.
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Joel 1:6

6 A nation has invaded my land, a mighty army without number; it has the teeth of a lion, the fangs of a lioness.
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