Bible Dictionary: The Lion: Often Carries Its Prey to Its Den

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Nahum 2:12
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with shred.
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Faith Stopping the Mouths of Lions
... But weak men are often prone to swift and shallow regrets ... us that the true deliverance
is that which carries us into ... thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder.'. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/faith stopping the mouths of.htm

Letter xiv. To Heliodorus, Monk.
... battering-ram of natural affection which so often shatters faith ... He lieth in wait
secretly as a lion in his ... the devil with a crew of pirates carries irons to ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter xiv to heliodorus monk.htm

Letter cxxv. To Rusticus.
... up again was a symbol of the church which carries believers from ... The charges we bring
against them often come home to ... us that it was in front a lion, behind a ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter cxxv to rusticus.htm

One Thing is Needful;
... 5. The man that hath a lion's face Must here give place ... And carries him into his
den, In darkness there to lie ... Thou often didst me tidings bring, How God did me ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/one thing is needful.htm

The Dialogue against the Luciferians.
... For the enemy often comes, and sows tares in the Lord's harvest ... or Daniel in the
lion's den? ... We are both conquerors, and each of us carries off the palm,"you ...
/.../the principal works of st jerome/the dialogue against the luciferians.htm

the Legendary History of Egypt
... rather than the lion, because the lion avails for ... of priestly cupidity, yet how many
of its precepts are ... and with refinements of delicacy often lacking among ...
/.../chapter iii -the legendary history of.htm

The Holy War,
... hath said; there is not a word but carries with it ... voice as great against Diabolus
as when a lion roareth;[45 ... them secure, he said, and said it often, O Mansoul ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the holy war.htm

Of Antichrist, and his Ruin: and of the Slaying the Witnesses.
... in the house of the Lord: no lion shall be ... heads of the (seven headed) beast that
carries her, and ... would very willingly see her downfall, how often have they ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/of antichrist and his ruin .htm

Memoir of John Bunyan
... me with fearful dreams, and did terrify me with dreadful visions.'[19] 'I often
wished that ... as much haste as I could to fill my belly with its delicates, lest ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/memoir of john bunyan.htm

Mr. Bunyan's Last Sermon:
... If he that "goeth about like a roaring lion" comes by ... said, "Every fat[53] must stand
upon its own bottom ... comfortably;[58] also he would be often reading in the ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/mr bunyans last sermon .htm

Subtopics

Lion

Lion of a Ruler's Anger

Lion of Divine Judgments

Lion of Satan

Lion used for the Torture of Criminals

Lion: An Unnamed Person Killed By

Lion: Disobedient Prophet Killed By

Lion: Fierceness of

Lion: Instincts of, in Taking Prey

Lion: Kept in Captivity

Lion: Killed by Benaiah