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Want to know what the Bible says about Lions? Here are 131 Bible verses about Lions from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Lamentations 3:10 NIV
Like a bear lying in wait,
    like a lion in hiding,
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Hosea 13:8 NIV
Like a bear robbed of her cubs,
    I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion I will devour them—
    a wild animal will tear them apart.
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Proverbs 20:2 NIV
A king’s wrath strikes terror like the roar of a lion;
    those who anger him forfeit their lives.
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Job 10:16 NIV
If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion
    and again display your awesome power against me.
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Judges 14:5 NIV
Samson went down to Timnah together with his father and mother. As they approached the vineyards of Timnah, suddenly a young lion came roaring toward him.
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Isaiah 11:6 NIV
The wolf will live with the lamb,
    the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together;
    and a little child will lead them.
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Psalm 58:6 NIV
Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;
    Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!
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Jeremiah 50:44 NIV
Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets
    to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Babylon from its land in an instant.
    Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like me and who can challenge me?
    And what shepherd can stand against me?”
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Jeremiah 49:19 NIV
“Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets
    to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Edom from its land in an instant.
    Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like me and who can challenge me?
    And what shepherd can stand against me?”
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Daniel 6:16 NIV
So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!”
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1 Kings 20:36 NIV
So the prophet said, “Because you have not obeyed the Lord, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.” And after the man went away, a lion found him and killed him.
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1 Samuel 17:34 NIV
But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock,
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Amos 3:8 NIV
The lion has roared
    who will not fear?
The Sovereign Lord has spoken—
    who can but prophesy?
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Daniel 6:22 NIV
My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.”
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1 Kings 10:20 NIV
Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom.
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Psalm 35:17 NIV
How long, Lord, will you look on?
    Rescue me from their ravages,
    my precious life from these lions.
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Isaiah 65:25 NIV
The wolf and the lamb will feed together,
    and the lion will eat straw like the ox,
    and dust will be the serpent’s food.
They will neither harm nor destroy
    on all my holy mountain,”
says the Lord.
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1 Kings 7:29 NIV
On the panels between the uprights were lions, bulls and cherubim—and on the uprights as well. Above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths of hammered work.
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Daniel 6:7 NIV
The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions’ den.
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Psalm 91:13 NIV
You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
    you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
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