1 Peter 5:8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Discipline yourselves; keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.

Cross References

Esther 7:6

Esther said, “A foe and an enemy, this wicked Haman!” Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.

Job 2:2

The Lord said to the accuser, “Where have you come from?” The accuser answered the Lord, “From going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down on it.”

Psalm 104:21

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

Psalm 109:6

They say, “Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand on his right.

Proverbs 19:12

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

Proverbs 20:2

The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion; anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself.

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 in court together. Who are my adversaries? Let them confront me.

Jeremiah 2:15

The lions have roared against him; they have roared loudly. They have made his land a waste; his cities are in ruins, without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 51:38

Like lions they shall roar together; they shall growl like lions’ whelps.

Ezekiel 19:7

And he ravaged their strongholds and laid waste their towns; the land was appalled, and all in it, at the sound of his roaring.

Ezekiel 22:25

Its princes within it are like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows within it.

Daniel 6:24

The king gave a command, and those who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives. Before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.

Hosea 11:10

They shall go after the Lord, who roars like a lion; when he roars, his children shall come trembling from the west.

Hosea 13:8

I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs and will tear open the covering of their heart; there I will devour them like a lion, as a wild animal would mangle them.

Joel 3:16

The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shake. But the Lord is a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

Amos 1:2

And he said: The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds wither, and the top of Carmel dries up.

Amos 3:4

Does a lion roar in the forest when it has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from its den if it has caught nothing?

Amos 3:8

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

Zechariah 11:3

Listen, the wail of the shepherds, for their glory is despoiled! Listen, the roar of the lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed!

Zechariah 3:1

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

Matthew 13:39

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

Matthew 24:42

Keep awake, therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

Matthew 25:41

Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘You who are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels,

Matthew 4:1

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

Matthew 4:11

Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.

Mark 4:15

These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.

Luke 21:34

“Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life and that day does not catch you unexpectedly,

Luke 21:36

Be alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things that will take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Luke 22:31

“Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat,

John 8:44

You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father’s desires. 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 according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

2 Corinthians 2:11

And we do this so that we may not be outwitted by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his designs.

Ephesians 4:27

and do not make room for the devil.

Ephesians 6:11

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

1 Timothy 2:15

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

1 Timothy 2:9

also that the women should dress themselves in moderate clothing with reverence and self-control, not with their hair braided or with gold, pearls, or expensive clothes,

1 Timothy 3:11

Women likewise must be serious, not slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things.

1 Timothy 3:2

Now a bishop must be above reproach, married only once, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an apt teacher,

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.

Titus 1:8

but he must be hospitable, a lover of goodness, self-controlled, upright, devout, and restrained,

Titus 2:12

training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly,

Titus 2:2

Tell the older men to be temperate, serious, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

Titus 2:4

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

Titus 2:6

Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled

James 4:7

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.

1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers.

Revelation 12:10

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven proclaiming, “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Messiah, for the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.

Revelation 12:12

Rejoice then, you heavens and those who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, for the devil has come down to you with great wrath because he knows that his time is short!”

Revelation 12:9

The great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 20:10

And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were, and 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 a thousand years

Judges 14:5

Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah. When he came to the vineyards of Timnah, suddenly a young lion roared at him.