1 Peter 5:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Control yourselves and be careful! The devil is your enemy, and he goes around like a roaring lion looking for someone to attack and eat.

Cross References

Ephesians 6:11

Wear the full armor of God. Wear God’s armor so that you can fight against the devil’s clever tricks.

James 4:7

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

Job 2:2

The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you been?” Satan answered the Lord, “I have been roaming around the earth, going from place to place.”

Ephesians 4:27

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

1 Peter 1:13

So prepare your minds for service. With complete self-control put all your hope in the grace that will be yours when Jesus Christ 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 in your prayers.

Luke 21:36

So be ready all the time. Pray that you will be able to get through all these things that will happen and stand safe before the Son of Man.”

Luke 22:31

“Satan has asked to test you men like a farmer tests his wheat. O Simon, Simon,

Titus 2:12

It teaches us not to live against God and not to do the bad things the world wants to do. It teaches us to live on earth now in a wise and right way—a way that shows true devotion to God.

Revelation 12:12

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

John 8:44

Your father is the devil. You belong to him. You want to do what he wants. He 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.

Matthew 13:39

And the enemy who planted the bad seed is the devil. The harvest is the end of time. And the workers who gather are God’s angels.

Revelation 12:9

It was thrown down out of heaven. (This giant dragon is that old snake, the one called the devil or Satan, who leads the whole world into the wrong way.) The dragon and its angels were thrown to the earth.

Matthew 24:42

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

Revelation 20:10

And he (the one who tricked these people) was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur with the beast and the false prophet. There they would be tortured day and night forever and ever.

Luke 21:34

“Be careful not to spend your time having parties and getting drunk or worrying about this life. If you do that, you won’t be able to think straight, and the end might come when you are not ready.

Zechariah 3:1

The angel showed me Joshua the high priest, 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 wrong.

Titus 1:8

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

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stayed with me. The Lord gave me strength so that I could tell the Good News everywhere. He wanted all those who are not Jews to hear that Good News. So I was saved from the lion’s mouth.

Amos 3:8

When a lion roars, people are frightened. When the Lord GOD speaks, a prophet must prophesy.

Titus 2:6

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

Titus 2:2

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

Hosea 11:10

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

Isaiah 50:8

God is with me, and he is the one who shows that I am innocent. So no one can say I am guilty. If anyone wants to try to prove me wrong, they should come here, and we will have a trial.

Proverbs 20:2

An angry king is like a roaring lion. If you make him angry, you could lose your life.

Psalm 104:21

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

1 Timothy 2:15

But women will be saved in their work of having children. They will be saved if they continue to live in faith, love, and holiness with sensible behavior.

Revelation 20:2

The angel grabbed the dragon, that old snake, also known as the devil or Satan. The angel tied the dragon with the chain for 1000 years.

Titus 2:4

By doing this they will teach the younger women to love their husbands and children.

1 Timothy 3:11

In the same way, the women must have the respect of others. They must not be women who speak evil about other people. They must have self-control and be women who can be trusted in everything.

Joel 3:16

The Lord God will shout from Zion. He will shout from Jerusalem, and the sky and the earth will shake. But the Lord God will be a safe place for his people. He will be a place of safety for the people of Israel.

1 Timothy 2:9

And I want the women to make themselves attractive in the right way. Their clothes should be sensible and appropriate. They should not draw attention to themselves with fancy hairstyles or gold jewelry or pearls or expensive clothes.

Matthew 4:1

Then the Spirit led Jesus into the desert. He was taken there to be tempted by the devil.

Hosea 13:8

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

1 Timothy 3:2

An elder must be such a good man that no one can rightly criticize him. He must be faithful to his wife. He must have self-control and be wise. He must be respected by others. He must be ready to help people by welcoming them into his home. He must be a good teacher.

Matthew 25:41

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

Matthew 4:11

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

Amos 3:4

A lion will roar in the forest only if it catches its prey. A young lion roaring in his cave means he has caught something to eat.

Daniel 6:24

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

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. They have destroyed many lives. They have taken many valuable things and made widows of many of the women in Jerusalem.

Proverbs 19:12

The shouts of an angry king are like a roaring lion, but his kind words are like a gentle rain falling softly on the grass.

Esther 7:6

Esther said, “The man against us, our enemy, is this wicked Haman.” Then Haman was filled with terror before the king and queen.

Judges 14:5

Samson went down with his father and mother to the city of Timnah. They went as far as the vineyards near that city. There a young lion suddenly roared and jumped at Samson!

Zechariah 11:3

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

Ezekiel 19:7

He attacked the palaces and destroyed the cities. Everyone in that country was too afraid to speak when hearing his growl.

Jeremiah 51:38

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

Jeremiah 2:15

Like a lion the enemy has roared at Israel. They have destroyed your land. Your cities have been burned, and no one is left in them.

Psalm 109:6

They said, “Choose someone evil to represent him. Let the one at his side really be his accuser.

Amos 1:2

Amos said, “The Lord will shout like a lion in Zion. His loud voice will roar from Jerusalem. The green pastures of the shepherds will turn brown and die. Even Mount Carmel will become dry.”

Proverbs 28:15

An evil ruler over those who are helpless is like an angry lion or a charging bear.

Mark 4:15

Sometimes the teaching falls on the path. That is like some people who hear the teaching of God. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the teaching that was planted in them.

2 Corinthians 2:11

I did this so that Satan would not win anything from us. We know very well what his plans are.

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 of his Messiah have now come. These things have come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown out. He is the one who accused them day and night before our God.