1 Peter 5:8
Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7Casting all your care upon him, for he hath care of you.
Cross References
Judges 14:5Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Thamnatha. And when they were come to the vineyards of the town, behold a young lion met him raging and roaring.
Job 1:6Now on a certain day when the sons of God came to stand before the Lord, Satan also was present among them.
Psalms 104:21The young lions roaring after their prey, and seeking their meat from God.
Proverbs 19:12As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.
Isaiah 5:29Their roaring like that of a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea they shall roar, and take hold of the prey, and they shall keep fast hold of it, and there shall be none to deliver it.
Isaiah 50:8He is near that justifieth me, who will contend with me? let us stand 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 →