Genesis 49:27

Good News Translation

“Benjamin is like a vicious wolf. Morning and evening he kills and devours.”

Cross References

Genesis 35:18

But she was dying, and as she breathed her last, she named her son Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.

Genesis 46:21

Benjamin's sons were Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.

Genesis 49:26

Blessings of grain and flowers, Blessings of ancient mountains, Delightful things from everlasting hills. May these blessings rest on the head of Joseph, On the brow of the one set apart from his brothers.

Genesis 49:28

These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he spoke a suitable word of farewell to each son.

Jeremiah 5:6

That is why lions from the forest will kill them; wolves from the desert will tear them to pieces, and leopards will prowl through their towns. If those people go out, they will be torn apart because their sins are numerous and time after time they have turned from God.

Ezekiel 22:25

The leaders are like lions roaring over the animals they have killed. They kill the people, take all the money and property they can get, and by their murders leave many widows.

Ezekiel 22:27

The government officials are like wolves tearing apart the animals they have killed. They commit murder in order to get rich.

Zephaniah 3:3

Its officials are like roaring lions; its judges are like hungry wolves, too greedy to leave a bone until morning.

Numbers 23:24

The nation of Israel is like a mighty lion: It doesn't rest until it has torn and devoured, Until it has drunk the blood of those it has killed.”

Matthew 10:16

“Listen! I am sending you out just like sheep to a pack of wolves. You must be as cautious as snakes and as gentle as doves.

Matthew 7:15

“Be on your guard against false prophets; they come to you looking like sheep on the outside, but on the inside they are really like wild wolves.

Acts 20:29

I know that after I leave, fierce wolves will come among you, and they will not spare the flock.

Acts 8:3

But Saul tried to destroy the church; going from house to house, he dragged out the believers, both men and women, and threw them into jail.

Acts 9:1

In the meantime Saul kept up his violent threats of murder against the followers of the Lord. He went to the High Priest

Deuteronomy 33:12

About the tribe of Benjamin he said: “This is the tribe the Lord loves and protects; He guards them all the day long, And he dwells in their midst.”

Philippians 3:5

I was circumcised when I was a week old. I am an Israelite by birth, of the tribe of Benjamin, a pure-blooded Hebrew. As far as keeping the Jewish Law is concerned, I was a Pharisee,

Judges 20:21

The army of Benjamin came out of the city, and before the day was over they had killed twenty-two thousand Israelite soldiers.

Judges 20:25

And for the second time the Benjaminites came out of Gibeah, and this time they killed eighteen thousand trained Israelite soldiers.