1 Peter 5:8

New English Translation

Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.

Cross References

Esther 7:6

Esther replied, “The oppressor and enemy is this evil Haman!” Then Haman became terrified in the presence of the king and queen.

Job 2:2

And the Lord said to Satan, “Where do you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”

Psalm 104:21

The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.

Psalm 109:6

Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side!

Proverbs 19:12

A king’s wrath is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 20:2

The king’s terrifying anger is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him sins against himself.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Isaiah 50:8

The one who vindicates me is close by. Who dares to argue with me? Let us confront each other! Who is my accuser? Let him challenge me!

Jeremiah 2:15

Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him; they raise their voices in triumph. They have laid his land waste; his cities have been burned down and deserted.

Jeremiah 51:38

The Babylonians are all like lions roaring for prey. They are like lion cubs growling for something to eat.

Ezekiel 19:7

He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.

Ezekiel 22:25

Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows within it.

Daniel 6:24

The king gave another order, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the lions’ den – they, their children, and their wives. They did not even reach the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

Hosea 11:10

He will roar like a lion, and they will follow the Lord; when he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.

Hosea 13:8

I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs – I will rip open their chests. I will devour them there like a lion – like a wild animal would tear them apart.

Joel 3:16

The Lord roars from Zion; from Jerusalem his voice bellows out. The heavens and the earth shake. But the Lord is a refuge for his people; he is a stronghold for the citizens of Israel.

Amos 1:2

Amos said: “The Lord comes roaring out of Zion; from Jerusalem he comes bellowing! The shepherds’ pastures wilt; the summit of Carmel withers.”

Amos 3:4

Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?

Amos 3:8

A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The sovereign Lord has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy?

Zechariah 11:3

Listen to the howling of shepherds, because their magnificence has been destroyed. Listen to the roaring of young lions, because the thickets of the Jordan have been devastated.

Zechariah 3:1

Next I saw Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

Matthew 13:39

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

Matthew 24:42

“Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

Matthew 25:41

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

Matthew 4:1

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Matthew 4:11

Then the devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to his needs.

Mark 4:15

These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and snatches the word that was sown in them.

Luke 21:34

“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.

Luke 21:36

But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Luke 22:31

“Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat,

John 8:44

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

2 Corinthians 2:11

so that we may not be exploited by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes).

Ephesians 4:27

Do not give the devil an opportunity.

Ephesians 6:11

Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

1 Timothy 2:15

But she will be delivered through childbearing, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.

1 Timothy 2:9

Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing,

1 Timothy 3:11

Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect.

1 Timothy 3:2

The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth!

Titus 1:8

Instead he must be hospitable, devoted to what is good, sensible, upright, devout, and self-controlled.

Titus 2:12

It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Titus 2:2

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

Titus 2:4

In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Titus 2:6

Encourage younger men likewise to be self-controlled,

James 4:7

So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

1 Peter 4:7

For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.

Revelation 12:10

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, “The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the ruling authority of his Christ, have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, the one who accuses them day and night before our God, has been thrown down.

Revelation 12:12

Therefore you heavens rejoice, and all who reside in them! But woe to the earth and the sea because the devil has come down to you! He is filled with terrible anger, for he knows that he only has a little time!”

Revelation 12:9

So that huge dragon – the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world – was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.

Revelation 20:10

And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are too, and they will be tormented there day and night forever and ever.

Revelation 20:2

He seized the dragon – the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan – and tied him up for a thousand years.

Judges 14:5

Samson went down to Timnah. When he approached the vineyards of Timnah, he saw a roaring young lion attacking him.