Revelation 13:2

New American Bible - revised edition

The beast I saw was like a leopard, but it had feet like a bear’s, and its mouth was like the mouth of a lion. To it the dragon gave its own power and throne, along with great authority.

Cross References

2 Kings 2:24

The prophet turned and saw them, and he cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the children to pieces.

Psalm 22:21

Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the grip of the dog.

Proverbs 17:12

Face a bear robbed of her cubs, but never fools in their folly!

Proverbs 28:15

A roaring lion or a ravenous bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Isaiah 5:29

They roar like the lion, like young lions, they roar; They growl and seize the prey, they carry it off and none can rescue.

Jeremiah 13:23

Can Ethiopians change their skin, leopards their spots? As easily would you be able to do good, accustomed to evil as you are.

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore, lions from the forest slay them, wolves of the desert ravage them, Leopards keep watch round their cities: all who come out are torn to pieces, For their crimes are many, their rebellions numerous.

Hosea 11:10

They shall follow the Lord, who roars like a lion; When he roars, his children shall come frightened from the west,

Amos 3:12

Thus says the Lord: As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion a pair of sheep’s legs or the tip of an ear, So shall the Israelites escape, those who dwell in Samaria, With the corner of a couch or a piece of a cot.

Amos 5:19

As if someone fled from a lion and a bear met him; Or as if on entering the house he rested his hand against the wall, and a snake bit it.

Habakkuk 1:8

Swifter than leopards are their horses, and faster than desert wolves. Their horses spring forward; they come from far away; they fly like an eagle hastening to devour.

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the proclamation might be completed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for [someone] to devour.

Revelation 12:13

When the dragon saw that it had been thrown down to the earth, it pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.

Revelation 12:15

The serpent, however, spewed a torrent of water out of his mouth after the woman to sweep her away with the current.

Revelation 12:9

The huge dragon, the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, who deceived the whole world, was thrown down to earth, and its angels were thrown down with it.

Revelation 13:12

It wielded all the authority of the first beast in its sight and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed.

Revelation 13:4

They worshiped the dragon because it gave its authority to the beast; they also worshiped the beast and said, “Who can compare with the beast or who can fight against it?”

Revelation 16:10

The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast. Its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and people bit their tongues in pain

Revelation 17:12

The ten horns that you saw represent ten kings who have not yet been crowned; they will receive royal authority along with the beast for one hour.

Revelation 19:20

The beast was caught and with it the false prophet who had performed in its sight the signs by which he led astray those who had accepted the mark of the beast and those who had worshiped its image. The two were thrown alive into the fiery pool burning with sulfur.

Revelation 2:13

“I know that you live where Satan’s throne is, and yet you hold fast to my name and have not denied your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was martyred among you, where Satan lives.

Revelation 20:2

He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, which is the Devil or Satan, and tied it up for a thousand years