What Does the Bible Say About Lions?
Here are 12 Bible verses about lions, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #1Revelation 5:5
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
BSBThen one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
- #21 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
BSBBe sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- #3Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
BSBThe wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
- #4Hosea 11:10
They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
BSBThey will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
- #5Proverbs 19:12
The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
BSBA king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
- #62 Timothy 4:17
Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
BSBBut the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
- #7Proverbs 30:30
A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
BSBa lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;
- #8Psalms 34:10
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
BSBYoung lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
- #9Psalms 104:21
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
BSBThe young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
- #10Isaiah 31:4
For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
BSBFor this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey— and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor— so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
- #11Nahum 2:12
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
BSBThe lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.
- #12Hosea 5:14
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
BSBFor I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
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