1 Peter 5:8

Modern English Version

Be sober and watchful, because your adversary the devil walks around as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Cross References

Esther 7:6

Esther said, “This wicked Haman is the adversary and enemy!” Then Haman was seized with terror before the king and the queen.

Job 2:2

The Lord said to the Adversary, “From where do you come?” And the Adversary answered the Lord, saying, “From roaming on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”

Psalm 104:21

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

Psalm 109:6

Appoint a wicked man against him, and let an accuser stand at his right hand.

Proverbs 19:12

The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 20:2

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion; he who provokes him to anger forfeits his own 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 to each other. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.

Jeremiah 2:15

The young lions roared at him and roared loudly, and they made his land a waste; his cities have been destroyed, without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 51:38

They will roar together like young lions; they will growl as lions’ whelps.

Ezekiel 19:7

He destroyed their fortified palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land and its fullness were appalled by the noise of his roaring.

Ezekiel 22:25

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured souls. They have taken the treasure and precious things. They have made many widows in her midst.

Daniel 6:24

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

Hosea 11:10

They will walk after the Lord, who roars like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.

Hosea 13:8

I will attack them like a bear bereaved of her cubs, and will tear open their rib cage. There I will devour them like a lion, as the wild beast would tear them to pieces.

Joel 3:16

The Lord roars from Zion, and sounds His voice from Jerusalem, and heaven and earth quake. But the Lord is a refuge for His people, and a stronghold for the Israelites.

Amos 1:2

He said: The Lord roars from Zion and utters His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds languish, the top of Carmel withers.

Amos 3:4

Does a lion roar in the forest, if it has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from its den, if it has not caught something?

Amos 3:8

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

Zechariah 11:3

There is the sound of wailing shepherds, because their glory is ruined. There is the sound of roaring lions, because the pride of Jordan is ruined.

Zechariah 3:1

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

Matthew 13:39

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

Matthew 24:42

“Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord will come.

Matthew 25:41

“Then He will say to those at the 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 into the wilderness by the Spirit 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

These are those beside the path, where the word is sown. But when they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word which is sown in their hearts.

Luke 21:34

“Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts become burdened by excessiveness and drunkenness and anxieties of life, and that Day comes on you unexpectedly.

Luke 21:36

Therefore watch always and pray that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Luke 22:31

Then the Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to have you to sift you as wheat.

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

2 Corinthians 2:11

lest Satan should take advantage of us. For we are not ignorant of his devices.

Ephesians 4:27

Do not give place to the devil.

Ephesians 6:11

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

1 Timothy 2:15

Yet she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.

1 Timothy 2:9

In like manner also, that women clothe themselves in modest clothing, with decency and self-control, not with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing,

1 Timothy 3:11

Likewise, the women must be honorable, not slanderers, sober, and faithful in all things.

1 Timothy 3:2

An overseer then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach;

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

Titus 1:8

but hospitable, a lover of what is good, self-controlled, just, holy, temperate,

Titus 2:12

teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, righteously, and in godliness in this present world,

Titus 2:2

Older men should be sober, serious, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience.

Titus 2:4

that they may teach the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Titus 2:6

Likewise, exhort young men to be self-controlled,

James 4:7

Therefore submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be sober, and set your hope fully upon the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is near. Therefore be solemn and sober so you can pray.

Revelation 12:10

Then 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 brothers, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.

Revelation 12:12

Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe unto the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short.”

Revelation 12:9

The great dragon was cast out, that ancient serpent called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

Revelation 20:10

The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet were. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Revelation 20:2

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for one thousand years.

Judges 14:5

Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah, and they came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion came roaring toward him.