Revelation 13:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

The beast I saw had the body of a leopard, the feet of a bear, and the mouth of a lion. The dragon handed over its own power and throne and great authority to this beast.

Cross References

Revelation 20:2

He chained the dragon for 1,000 years. It is that old snake, who is also known as the devil and Satan.

Revelation 17:12

The ten horns you saw are ten more kings, who have not yet come into power, and they will rule with the beast for only a short time.

Revelation 12:9

and were thrown down to the earth. Yes, that old snake and his angels were thrown out of heaven! That snake, who fools everyone on earth, is known as the devil and Satan.

1 Peter 5:8

Be on your guard and stay awake. Your enemy, the devil, is like a roaring lion, sneaking around to find someone to attack.

Revelation 19:20

But the beast was captured and so was the false prophet. This is the same prophet who had worked miracles for the beast, so he could fool everyone who had the mark of the beast and worshiped the idol. The beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into a lake of burning sulfur.

Revelation 13:4

and they worshiped the dragon who had given its authority to the beast. They also worshiped the beast and said, “No one is like this beast! No one can fight against it.”

Revelation 12:15

The snake then spewed out water like a river to sweep the woman away.

Revelation 12:13

When the dragon realized it had been thrown down to the earth, it tried to make trouble for the woman who had given birth to a son.

Revelation 16:10

The fifth angel emptied his bowl on the throne of the beast. At once darkness covered its kingdom, and its people began biting their tongues in pain.

Amos 5:19

You will run from a lion, only to meet a bear. You will escape to your house, rest your hand on the wall, and be bitten by a snake.

Jeremiah 13:23

Can you ever change and do what's right? Can people change the color of their skin, or can a leopard remove its spots? If so, then maybe you can change and learn to do right.

Jeremiah 5:6

The people have rebelled and rejected the Lord too many times. So enemies will attack like lions from the forest or wolves from the desert. Those enemies will watch the towns of Judah, and like leopards they will tear to pieces whoever goes outside.

Isaiah 5:29

They roar and growl like fierce young lions as they grab their victims and drag them off where no one can rescue them.

Proverbs 28:15

A ruler who mistreats the poor is like a roaring lion or a bear hunting for food.

Proverbs 17:12

A bear robbed of her cubs is far less dangerous than a stubborn fool.

Psalm 22:21

Don't let lions eat me. You rescued me from the horns of wild bulls,

2 Kings 2:24

Elisha turned around and stared at the boys. Then he cursed them in the name of the Lord. At once two bears ran out of the woods and ripped to pieces 42 of the boys.

Habakkuk 1:8

Their cavalry troops are faster than leopards, more ferocious than wolves hunting at sunset, and swifter than hungry eagles suddenly swooping down.

Amos 3:12

The Lord has promised that only a few from Samaria will escape with their lives and with some broken pieces of their beds and couches. It will be like when a shepherd rescues two leg bones and part of a sheep's ear from the jaws of a lion.

Hosea 11:10

I, the Lord, will roar like a lion, and my children will return, trembling from the west.

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood beside me. He gave me the strength to tell his full message, so that all Gentiles would hear it. And I was kept safe from hungry lions.

Revelation 2:13

I know you live where Satan has his throne. But you have kept true to my name. Right there where Satan lives, my faithful witness Antipas was taken from you and put to death. Even then you did not give up your faith in me.

Revelation 13:12

It worked for the beast whose fatal wound had been healed. And it used all its authority to force the earth and its people to worship that beast.