Prey

And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?

Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”

Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”

The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.

No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.

I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions

They are crushed and beaten down; the helpless fall prey to his strength.

…like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.

The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away, and no one can rescue it.

…to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.

They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.

For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.

There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.

I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.

Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.

Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?

Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.

Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.

I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.

Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,

I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them.

Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?

The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.

The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.

“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will reduce your chariots to cinders, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”

Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.

Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.