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23 Bible Verses About Lions and Strength

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  • Hosea uses the lion’s roar for God calling his children home (Hosea 11:10) and the lion’s attack for his judgment on Israel when it forgot him (Hosea 13:8).
  • In Revelation 5:5-6 an elder announces the Lion of the tribe of Judah, and John then sees a Lamb standing, “as though it had been slain.”
  • Samson, David and Daniel each faced real lions, and each account credits the outcome to God: the Spirit of the LORD, the LORD’s deliverance and an angel sent to shut the lions’ mouths.
  • 1 Peter 5:8 compares the devil to a roaring lion, and the next verse tells believers to resist him, firm in their faith.
  • Psalm 104:21 says the young lions seek their food from God, and Psalm 34:10 says they go hungry while those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

In the Bible the lion stands for strength, and that strength can belong to God, to his people or to their enemies. God roars like a lion in Amos 3:8, and the devil “prowls around like a roaring lion” in 1 Peter 5:8. Three accounts describe people who faced real lions: Samson (Judges 14:6), David (1 Samuel 17:37) and Daniel (Daniel 6:22). God compared to a roaring lion Amos 3:8 “The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

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