Bible Dictionary: Wolf: Ravenous

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Genesis 49:27
Benjamin shall shred as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
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Jeremiah 5:6
Why a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goes out there shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
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Ezekiel 22:27
Her princes in the middle thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
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Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
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John 10:12
But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees: and the wolf catches them, and scatters the sheep.
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The Good Shepherd.
... 8,8,8,8,4. My gentle Lamb, O come to me! The ravenous wolf lurks near thy path;
No fold is nigh, where wilt thou flee? The desert wild no safety hath: ...
//christianbookshelf.org/morris/favourite welsh hymns/vi the good shepherd.htm

The Gospel Day Seen in Prophecy.
... In that day men of unclean, ravenous, and lion-like natures shall find deliverance
and be made gentle, lowly and humble""The wolf and the lamb shall dwell ...
//christianbookshelf.org/orr/the gospel day /the gospel day seen in.htm

Names
... our own flesh and blood should have gloried in being like the wolf, the cruellest ...
nature, original sin, and the likeness of the foul and ravenous beasts which ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/sermons for the times/sermon iv names.htm

A Preservative against Unsettled Notions, and Want of Principles ...
... Lord Jesus. O Lord, what shall become of thy flock, when their shepherds
betray them into the hands of the ravenous wolf! When a ...
/.../a preservative against unsettled notions.htm

Peter of Chelcic, 1419-1450.
... He was a ravenous beast; he was a wolf in the fold; he was a lion squatting at the
table; and at that fatal moment in history, when he gave his "Donation" to ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter iv peter of chelcic.htm

Thus was all the Earth Afflicted; and from East to West...
... from east to west, except in the territories of Gaul, three ravenous wild beasts ...
soldier of Christ; a soldier whom no enemy can dislodge, or wolf snatch, from ...
/.../of the manner in which the persecutors died/chap xvi thus was all.htm

The Shepherd of Our Souls.
... not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf catcheth
them ... of the lion, and the paw of the bear, and killed the ravenous beasts. ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon xvi the shepherd of.htm

Of the Matters to be Considered in the Councils.
... government and protection in temporal and spiritual affairs, from these ravenous
wolves in ... protect or support it, restrain and oppose him as a wolf and tyrant ...
/.../luther/first principles of the reformation/ii of the matters to.htm

The Growth and Power of Sin
... What a menagerie of ravenous beasts some of us have at the doors of our hearts! ... of
men; and the natural impulse would be to hunt down the murderer like a wolf. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the growth and power of.htm

Christ's First and Last Subject
... In the assembly of the wicked he would be like a dove in the midst of ravenous kites.
As well may the sheep lick blood with the wolf, as well may the dove be ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 6 1860/christs first and last subject.htm

Subtopics

The Wolf of False Teachers

The Wolf of Fierce Enemies

The Wolf of the Devil

The Wolf of the Tribe of Benjamin

The Wolf of the Wicked

The Wolf of Wicked Rulers

The Wolf: (Taming of) the Change Effected by Conversion

The Wolf: Destructive to Flocks of Sheep

The Wolf: Particularly Fierce in the Evening when It Seeks Its Prey

The Wolf: Rapacious Nature of

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