1 Peter 5:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Common English Bible

⁸ Be clearheaded. Keep alert. Your accuser, the devil, is on the prowl like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Be sober and vigilant. For your adversary, the devil, is like a roaring lion, traveling around and seeking those whom he might devour.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.

1 Peter 5:8 Cross References

Esther 7:6

And Esther said, “A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!” Then Haman was in terror before the king and the queen.

Job 2:2

And the Lord said to Satan, “Whence have you come?” Satan answered the Lord, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”

Psalm 104:21

The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.

Psalm 109:6

Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser bring him to trial.

Proverbs 19:12

A king's wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew upon the grass.

Proverbs 20:2

The dread wrath of a king is like the growling of a lion; he who provokes him to anger forfeits his life.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Isaiah 50:8

he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.

Jeremiah 2:15

The lions have roared against him, they have roared loudly. They have made his land a waste; his cities are in ruins, without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 51:38

“They shall roar together like lions; they shall growl like lions' whelps.

Ezekiel 19:7

And he ravaged their strongholds, and laid waste their cities; and the land was appalled and all who were in it at the sound of his roaring.

Ezekiel 22:25

Her princes in the midst of her are like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in the midst of her.

Daniel 6:24

And the king commanded, and those men who had accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives; and before they reached the bottom of the den the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.

Hosea 11:10

They shall go after the Lord, he will roar like a lion; yea, he will roar, and his sons shall come trembling from the west;

Hosea 13:8

I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will tear open their breast, and there I will devour them like a lion, as a wild beast would rend them.

Joel 3:16

And the Lord roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shake. But the Lord is a refuge to his people, a stronghold to the people of Israel.

Amos 1:2

And he said: “The Lord roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers.”

Amos 3:4

Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing?

Amos 3:8

The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy?”

Zechariah 11:3

Hark, the wail of the shepherds, for their glory is despoiled! Hark, the roar of the lions, for the jungle of the Jordan is laid waste!

Zechariah 3:1

Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

Matthew 13:39

and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.

Matthew 24:42

Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

Matthew 25:41

Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels;

Matthew 4:1

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Matthew 4:11

Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.

Mark 4:15

And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown; when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word which is sown in them.

Luke 21:34

“But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a snare;

Luke 21:36

But watch at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that will take place, and to stand before the Son of man.”

Luke 22:31

“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat,

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

2 Corinthians 2:11

to keep Satan from gaining the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his designs.

Ephesians 4:27

and give no opportunity to the devil.

Ephesians 6:11

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

1 Timothy 2:15

Yet woman will be saved through bearing children, if she continues in faith and love and holiness, with modesty.

1 Timothy 2:9

also that women should adorn themselves modestly and sensibly in seemly apparel, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire

1 Timothy 3:11

The women likewise must be serious, no slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things.

1 Timothy 3:2

Now a bishop must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, dignified, hospitable, an apt teacher,

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength to proclaim the message fully, that all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth.

Titus 1:8

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, master of himself, upright, holy, and self-controlled;

Titus 2:12

training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world,

Titus 2:2

Bid the older men be temperate, serious, sensible, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.

Titus 2:4

and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,

Titus 2:6

Likewise urge the younger men to control themselves.

James 4:7

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore gird up your minds, be sober, set your hope fully upon the grace that is coming to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is at hand; therefore keep sane and sober for your prayers.

Revelation 12:10

And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.

Revelation 12:12

Rejoice then, O heaven and you that dwell therein! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 20:10

and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

Revelation 20:2

And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

Judges 14:5

Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah, and he came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion roared against him;