1 Peter 5:8

New King James Version

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Cross References

Esther 7:6

And Esther said, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman!” So Haman was terrified before the king and queen.

Job 2:2

And the Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”

Psalm 104:21

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

Psalm 109:6

Set a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand.

Proverbs 19:12

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

Proverbs 20:2

The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion; Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion and a charging bear Is a wicked ruler over poor people.

Isaiah 50:8

He is near who justifies Me; Who will contend with Me? Let us stand together. Who is My adversary? Let him come near Me.

Jeremiah 2:15

The young lions roared at him, and growled; They made his land waste; His cities are burned, without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 51:38

They shall roar together like lions, They shall growl like lions’ whelps.

Ezekiel 19:7

He knew their desolate places, And laid waste their cities; The land with its fullness was desolated By the noise of his roaring.

Ezekiel 22:25

The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured people; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.

Daniel 6:24

And the king gave the command, 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 ever came to the bottom of the den.

Hosea 11:10

“They shall walk after the Lord. He will roar like a lion. When He roars, Then His sons shall come trembling from the west;

Hosea 13:8

I will meet them like a bear deprived of her cubs; I will tear open their rib cage, And there I will devour them like a lion. The wild beast shall tear them.

Joel 3:16

The Lord also will roar from Zion, And utter His voice from Jerusalem; The heavens and earth will shake; But the Lord will be a shelter for His people, And the strength of the children of Israel.

Amos 1:2

And he said: “The Lord roars from Zion, And utters His voice from Jerusalem; The pastures of the shepherds mourn, And the top of Carmel withers.”

Amos 3:4

Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?

Amos 3:8

A 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! For their glory is in ruins. There is the sound of roaring lions! For the pride of the Jordan is in ruins.

Zechariah 3:1

Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose 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 is coming.

Matthew 25:41

“Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:

Matthew 4:1

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness 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

And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.

Luke 21:34

“But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly.

Luke 21:36

Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Luke 22:31

And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat.

John 8:44

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

2 Corinthians 2:11

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

Ephesians 4:27

nor give place to the devil.

Ephesians 6:11

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

1 Timothy 2:15

Nevertheless 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 the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing,

1 Timothy 3:11

Likewise, their wives must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

1 Timothy 3:2

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;

2 Timothy 4:17

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

Titus 1:8

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

Titus 2:12

teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,

Titus 2:2

that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

Titus 2:4

that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Titus 2:6

Likewise, exhort the young men to be sober-minded,

James 4:7

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

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

1 Peter 4:7

But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.

Revelation 12:10

Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, 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 to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”

Revelation 12:9

So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out 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 are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Revelation 20:2

He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;

Judges 14:5

So Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Now to his surprise, a young lion came roaring against him.