8 Bible Verses about Bears
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David answered Saul: “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep. Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
Hushai continued, “You know your father and his men. They are warriors and are desperate like a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier who won’t spend the night with the people.
Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than a fool in his foolishness.
A wicked ruler over a helpless people
is like a roaring lion or a charging bear.
“Suddenly, another beast appeared, a second one, that looked like a bear. It was raised up on one side, with three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, ‘Get up! Gorge yourself on flesh.’
The beast I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like a bear’s, and his mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.
The cow and the bear will graze,
their young ones will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
He makes the stars: the Bear, Orion,
the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky.
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Animals » Names of » Bears
David answered Saul: “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep. Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
Hushai continued, “You know your father and his men. They are warriors and are desperate like a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier who won’t spend the night with the people.
He turned around, looked at them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord.
than a fool in his foolishness.
is like a roaring lion or a charging bear.
Bears » Illustrative of » God in his judgments
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.
Bears » Particularly fierce when deprived of its young
Hushai continued, “You know your father and his men. They are warriors and are desperate like a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier who won’t spend the night with the people.
than a fool in his foolishness.
Bears » Often attacks men
He turned around, looked at them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord.
only to have a bear confront him.
He goes home and rests his hand against the wall
only to have a snake bite him.
Bears » Described as » Cunning
Bears » Miraculously killed by david
Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God." Then David said, "The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine." Saul said to David, "Go, and may the Lord be with you."
Bears » Illustrative of » The kingdom of antiChrist
The beast I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like a bear’s, and his mouth was like a lion’s mouth.
Bears » Illustrative of » Wicked rulers
is like a roaring lion or a charging bear.
Bears » Attacks the flock in the presence of the shepherd
David answered Saul: “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep. Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
Bears » Growls when annoyed
and moan like doves.
We hope for justice, but there is none;
for salvation, but it is far from us.
Bears » Inhabits woods
He turned around, looked at them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord.
Bears » Illustrative of » The natural man
their young ones will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
Bears » Illustrative of » The kingdom of the medes
“Suddenly, another beast appeared, a second one, that looked like a bear.
Bears » Described as » Voracious
“Suddenly, another beast appeared, a second one, that looked like a bear.
Bears » Described as » Cruel
only to have a bear confront him.
He goes home and rests his hand against the wall
only to have a snake bite him.