Esther answered, ‘The adversary and enemy is this evil Haman.’ Haman stood terrified before the king and queen.
1 Peter 5:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour. American Standard Version (1901) Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Common English Bible Be clearheaded. Keep alert. Your accuser, the devil, is on the prowl like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Catholic Public Domain Version Be sober and vigilant. For your adversary, the devil, is like a roaring lion, traveling around and seeking those whom he might devour. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour. |
Esther answered, ‘The adversary and enemy is this evil Haman.’ Haman stood terrified before the king and queen.
The Lord asked Satan, ‘Where have you come from? ’ ‘From roaming through the earth,’ Satan answered him, ‘and walking around on it.’
A king’s rage is like the roaring of a lion, but his favour is like dew on the grass.
A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion; anyone who provokes him endangers himself.
A wicked ruler over a helpless people is like a roaring lion or a charging bear.
The one who vindicates me is near; who will contend with me? Let us confront each other. Who has a case against me? Let him come near me!
The young lions have roared at him; they have roared loudly. They have laid waste his land. His cities are in ruins, without inhabitants.
They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.
He devastated their strongholds and destroyed their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.
The conspiracy of her prophets within her is like a roaring lion tearing its prey: they devour people, seize wealth and valuables, and multiply the widows within her.
The king then gave the command, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel , were brought and thrown into the lions’ den #– #they, their children, and their wives. They had not reached the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
They will follow the Lord; he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.
I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs and tear open the rib cage over their hearts. I will devour them there like a lioness, like a wild beast that would rip them open.
The Lord will roar from Zion and make his voice heard from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will shake. But the Lord will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the Israelites.
He said: The Lord roars from Zion and makes his voice heard from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, , and the summit of Carmel withers.
Does a lion roar in the forest when it has no prey? Does a young lion growl from its lair unless it has captured something?
A lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who will not prophesy?
Listen to the wail of the shepherds, for their glory is destroyed. Listen to the roar of young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.
Then he showed me the high priest Joshua standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan , standing at his right side to accuse him.
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
Therefore be alert, since you don’t know what day your Lord is coming.
‘Then he will also say to those on the left, “Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels!
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Some are like the word sown on the path. When they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them.
‘Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly
But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man.’
You are of your father the devil, and you want to carry out 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 tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
so that we may not be taken advantage of by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes.
Put on the full armour of God so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil.
But she will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with good sense.
Also, the women are to dress themselves in modest clothing, with decency and good sense, not with elaborate hairstyles, gold, pearls, or expensive apparel,
Wives, , likewise, should be worthy of respect, not slanderers, self-controlled, faithful in everything.
An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that I might fully preach the word and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.
but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, righteous, holy, self-controlled,
instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age,
Older men are to be self-controlled, worthy of respect, sensible, and sound in faith, love, and endurance.
so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children,
Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Therefore, with your minds ready for action, be sober-minded and set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
The end of all things is near; therefore, be alert and sober-minded for prayer.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say, The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been thrown down.
Therefore rejoice, you heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you with great fury, because he knows his time is short.
So the great dragon was thrown out #– #the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.
The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, , and bound him for a thousand years.
Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,