1 Peter 5:8

Easy To Read Version

Control yourselves and be careful! The devil is your enemy. And he goes around like a roaring lion looking for some person to eat.

Cross References

Esther 7:6

Esther said, “The man against us, our enemy, is this wicked Haman.”

Job 2:2

The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you been?”

Psalm 104:21

Lions roar as they attack,\par as if they are asking God\par for the food he gives them.\par

Psalm 109:6

Punish my enemy for the bad things he did.\par Find a person to prove he is wrong.\par

Proverbs 19:12

Angry words from a king are like the roars of a lion. But compliments from him are like a gentle rain falling softly on the grass.

Proverbs 20:2

The anger of a king is like the roar of a lion. If you make the king angry, then you could lose your life.

Proverbs 28:15

When an evil person rules over weak people, he is like an angry lion or a bear that is ready to fight.

Isaiah 50:8

The Lord is with me. He shows I am innocent. So no person will be able to show I am guilty. If someone wants to try to prove I am wrong, that person should come to me, and we will have a trial.

Jeremiah 2:15

Young lions’ (enemies) roar at Israel.\par The lions growl.\par Lions have destroyed the land of Israel.\par The cities of Israel have been burned.\par There are no people left in them.\par

Jeremiah 51:38

“The people of Babylon\par are like roaring young lions.\par They growl like baby lions.\par

Ezekiel 19:7

He attacked the palaces.\par He destroyed the cities.\par Every one in that country was too scared\par to speak when they heard his growl.\par

Ezekiel 22:25

The prophets in Jerusalem are making evil plans. They are like a lion—it roars when it begins to eat the animal it caught. Those prophets have destroyed many lives. They have taken many valuable things. They caused many women to become widows {\cf2\super [176]} in Jerusalem.

Daniel 6:24

Then the king gave a command to bring the men that had accused Daniel to the lions’ den (cage). Those men and their wives and children were thrown into the lion’s den. The lions grabbed them before they hit the floor of the lions’ den. The lions ate their bodies and then chewed on their bones.

Hosea 11:10

I will roar like a lion.\par I will roar, and my children will come\par and follow me.\par My children will come from the west,\par shaking with fear.\par

Hosea 13:8

I will attack them like a bear whose cubs were robbed from her. I will attack them. I will rip open their chests. I will be like a lion or other wild animal tearing and eating its prey.”

Joel 3:16

The Lord God will shout from Zion, {\cf2\super [33]} \par He will shout from Jerusalem,\par and the sky and the earth will shake.\par But the Lord God will be a safe place\par for his people.\par He will be a place of safety\par for the people of Israel.\par

Amos 1:2

Amos said:\par The Lord will shout like a lion in Zion. {\cf2\super [2]} \par His loud voice will roar from Jerusalem.\par And the green pastures of the shepherds will turn brown and die.\par Even Mount Carmel {\cf2\super [3]} will become dry.\par

Amos 3:4

A lion in the forest will roar only after catching an animal. If a young lion is roaring in his cave, then it means he caught something.

Amos 3:8

If a lion roars, people will be scared. If the Lord speaks, prophets will prophesy. {\cf2\super [43]}

Zechariah 11:3

Listen to the crying shepherds.\par Their powerful leaders were taken away.\par Listen to the roaring of the young lions.\par Their thick bushes near the Jordan River\par have all been taken away.\par

Zechariah 3:1

The angel showed me Joshua the High Priest. Joshua was standing in front of the angel of the Lord and Satan was standing by Joshua’s right side. Satan was there to accuse Joshua of doing bad things.

Matthew 13:39

And the enemy that planted the bad seed is the devil. The harvest time is the end of the world. {\cf2\super [187]} And the workers that gather are God’s angels.

Matthew 24:42

“So always be ready. You don’t know the day your Lord will come.

Matthew 25:41

“Then the king will say to those bad people on his left, ‘Go away from me. God has already decided that you will be punished. Go into the fire that burns forever. That fire was prepared for the devil and his angels.

Matthew 4:1

Then the Spirit {\cf2\super [47]} led Jesus into the desert. Jesus was taken there to be tempted by the devil.

Matthew 4:11

So the devil left Jesus. And then some angels came to Jesus and helped him.

Mark 4:15

Sometimes the teaching falls on the path. This is like some people. Those people hear the teaching of God. But Satan (the devil) comes and takes away the teaching that was planted in them.

Luke 21:34

“Be careful! Don’t spend your time drinking and getting drunk. Or don’t be too busy with worldly things. If you do that, you will not be able to think right. And then the end might come when you are not ready.

Luke 21:36

So be ready all the time. Pray that you will be strong enough to continue safely through all these things that will happen. And pray that you will be able to stand before the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [336]} ”

Luke 22:31

“Satan (the devil) has asked to test you men like a farmer tests his wheat. O Simon, Simon (Peter),

John 8:44

Your father is the devil. You belong to him. You want to do what he wants. The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He was always against the truth. There is no truth in him. He is like the lies he tells. Yes, the devil is a liar. He is the father of lies.

2 Corinthians 2:11

I did this so that Satan (the Devil) would not win anything from us. We know very well what Satan’s plans are.

Ephesians 4:27

Don’t give the devil a way to defeat you.

Ephesians 6:11

Wear the full armor (protection) of God. Wear God’s armor so that you can fight against the devil’s evil tricks.

1 Timothy 2:15

But women will be saved in their work of having children. They will be saved if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, and control themselves in the right way.

1 Timothy 2:9

I also want women to wear clothes that are right for them. Women should dress with respect and right thinking. They should not use fancy braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes to make themselves beautiful.

1 Timothy 3:11

In the same way, the women {\cf2\super [12]} must have the respect of other people. They must not be women who talk evil about other people. They must have self-control and be women who can be trusted in everything.

1 Timothy 3:2

An elder {\cf2\super [10]} must be good enough that people cannot rightly criticize him. He must have only one wife. An elder must have self-control and be wise. He must be respected by other people. He must be ready to help people by accepting them into his home. He must be a good teacher.

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stayed with me. The Lord gave me strength so that I could tell the Good News {\cf2\super [23]} everywhere. The Lord wanted all the non-Jews to hear that Good News. So I was saved from the lion’s (enemy’s) mouth.

Titus 1:8

An elder must be ready to help people by accepting them into his home. He must love what is good. He must be wise. He must live right. He must be pleasing to God. And he must be able to control himself.

Titus 2:12

That grace teaches us not to live against God and not to do the bad things the world wants to do. That grace teaches us to live on earth now in a wise and right way—a way that shows that we serve God.

Titus 2:2

Teach the older men to have self-control, to be serious, and to be wise. They should be strong in the faith, strong in love, and strong in patience.

Titus 2:4

In that way they can teach the younger women to love their husbands and children.

Titus 2:6

In the same way, tell the young men to be wise.

James 4:7

So give yourselves to God. Be against the devil, and the devil will run away from you.

1 Peter 1:13

So prepare your minds for service, and have self-control. All your hope should be for the gift of grace (kindness) that will be yours when Jesus Christ appears (comes).

1 Peter 4:7

The time is near when all things will end. So keep your minds clear, and control yourselves. This will help you to pray.

Revelation 12:10

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “The victory and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority (power) of his Christ {\cf2\super [92]} have now come. These things have come, because the accuser of our brothers has been thrown out. He is the one who accused our brothers day and night before our God.

Revelation 12:12

So be happy you heavens and all who live there! But it will be bad for the earth and sea, because the devil has gone down to you! The devil is filled with anger. He knows he doesn’t have much time.”

Revelation 12:9

The snake was thrown down out of heaven. (The giant snake is that old snake called the devil or Satan. He leads the whole world into the wrong way.) The snake with his angels were thrown to the earth.

Revelation 20:10

And Satan (the one who tricked those people) was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur with the animal and the false prophet. {\cf2\super [155]} There they will be tortured (punished) day and night forever and ever.

Revelation 20:2

The angel grabbed the giant snake (that old serpent). The giant snake is the devil (or Satan). The angel tied him \{with the chain\} for 1,000 years.

Judges 14:5

Samson went down with his father and mother to the city of Timnah. They went as far as the grape fields near that city. At that place, a young lion suddenly roared and jumped at Samson!