1 Peter 5:8
Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;
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7Putting all your troubles on him, for he takes care of you.
Cross References
Judges 14:5Then Samson went down to Timnah (and his father and his mother,) and came to the vine-gardens of Timnah; and a young lion came rushing out at him.
Job 1:6And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.
Psalms 104:21The young lions go thundering after their food; searching for their meat from God.
Proverbs 19:12The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.
Isaiah 5:29The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of young lions: with loud cries they will come down on their food and will take it away safely, and there will be no one to take it out of their hands.
Isaiah 50:8He who takes up my cause is near; who will go to law with me? let us come together before the judge: who is against me? 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 →