Bear

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

Ferocity of

• 2 Samuel 17:8 He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.
• Proverbs 17:12 It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
• Proverbs 28:15 Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
• Isaiah 11:7 The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
• Isaiah 59:11 We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
• Lamentations 3:10 He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
• Hosea 3:3 Then I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you.”

Two destroy the young men of Beth-el who mocked Elisha

• 2 Kings 2:24 Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

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