Numbers 23:24

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Behold, a people! As a lioness it rises up and as a lion it lifts itself; it does not lie down till it devours the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.”

Cross References

Genesis 49:27

Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey, and at even dividing the spoil.”

Genesis 49:9

Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who dares rouse him up?

1 Kings 10:20

while twelve lions stood there, one on each end of a step on the six steps. The like of it was never made in any kingdom.

2 Chronicles 9:18

The throne had six steps and a footstool of gold, which were attached to the throne, and on each side of the seat were arm rests and two lions standing beside the arm rests,

Psalm 17:12

They are like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.

Proverbs 30:30

the lion, which is mightiest among beasts and does not turn back before any;

Isaiah 31:4

For thus the Lord said to me, As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey, and when a band of shepherds is called forth against him is not terrified by their shouting or daunted at their noise, so the Lord of hosts will come down to fight upon Mount Zion and upon its hill.

Daniel 2:44

And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand for ever;

Amos 3:8

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

Nahum 2:11

Where is the lions' den, the cave of the young lions, where the lion brought his prey, where his cubs were, with none to disturb?

Nahum 2:12

The lion tore enough for his whelps and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh.

Zechariah 12:6

“On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a blazing pot in the midst of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they shall devour to the right and to the left all the peoples round about, while Jerusalem shall still be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem.

Numbers 23:25

And Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.”

Numbers 24:17

I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh: a star shall come forth out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel; it shall crush the forehead of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth.

Deuteronomy 33:20

And of Gad he said, “Blessed be he who enlarges Gad! Gad couches like a lion, he tears the arm, and the crown of the head.

Revelation 5:5

Then one of the elders said to me, “Weep not; lo, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”