1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant. Your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about seeking whom to devour.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7having cast all your concern upon him, because he cares for you.
Cross References
Judges 14:5Then Samson went down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah. And, behold, a young lion roared against him.
Job 1:6Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before LORD, that Satan also came among them.
Psalms 104:21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
Proverbs 19:12The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as dew upon the grass.
Isaiah 5:29Their roaring shall be like a lioness. They shall roar like young lions. Yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.
Isaiah 50:8He is near who justifies me. Who will content with me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 5:6-8
Humility Recommended. ( a. d. 66.) 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. Having settled and explained the duty of the pastors or spiritual guides of the church, the apostle comes now to instruct the flock, I. How… Read the whole commentary →