Proverbs 30:30

New International Reader's Version

The first is a lion, which is mighty among the animals. It doesn’t back away from anything.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:23

“When they lived, Saul and Jonathan were loved and respected. When they died, they were not parted. They were faster than eagles. They were stronger than lions.

Proverbs 30:29

“Three things walk as if they were kings. Four things move as kings do.

Proverbs 30:31

The second is a rooster, which walks proudly. The third is a billy goat. And the fourth is a king, who is secure against any who might oppose him.

Ezekiel 32:2

“Son of man, sing a song of sadness about Pharaoh Hophra, the king of Egypt. Tell him, “ ‘You are like a lion among the nations. You are like a monster in the sea. You move around wildly in your rivers. You churn the water with your feet. You make the streams muddy.’ ”

Micah 5:8

So Jacob’s people will be scattered among many nations. They will be like a lion among the animals in the forest. They’ll be like a young lion among flocks of sheep. Lions attack and tear apart their prey as they move along. No one can keep them from killing what they want.

Numbers 23:24

The Israelites are going to wake up like a female lion. They are going to get up like a male lion. They are like a lion that won’t rest until it eats what it has caught. They are like a lion that won’t rest until it drinks the blood of what it has killed.”

Judges 14:18

Before sunset on the seventh day of the feast the men of the town spoke to Samson. They said, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” Samson said to them, “You have plowed with my young cow. If you hadn’t, you wouldn’t have known the answer to my riddle.”