Jer 5:6, Eze 22:25, 27, Hos 13:7-8, Zep 3:3, Mat 7:15, 10:16, Act 20:29 | ESV | STEP | Therefore a lion from the forest shall strike them down ; a wolf from the desert shall devastate them. A leopard is watching their cities ; everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces , because their transgressions are many , their apostasies are great .

v[See ver. 28 above]

Jeremiah 5:6

6 Therefore ^aa lion from the forest shall strike them down;
a ^bwolf from the desert shall devastate them.
^cA leopard is watching their cities;
everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces,
because their transgressions are many,
their ^dapostasies are great.

Ezekiel 22:25

25 ^eThe conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is ^flike a roaring lion ^gtearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.

Ezekiel 22:27

27 ^hHer princes in her midst are like wolves ⁱtearing the prey, ^jshedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.

Hosea 13:7-8

7 So ^kI am to them like a lion;
^llike a leopard I will lurk beside the way.
8 I will fall upon them ^mlike a bear robbed of her cubs;
I will tear open their breast,
and there I will devour them like a lion,
ⁿas a wild beast would rip them open.

Zephaniah 3:3

3 ^oHer officials within her
are roaring lions;
her judges are ^pevening wolves
that leave nothing till the morning.

Matthew 7:15

A Tree and Its Fruit

15 ^q“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ^rravenous wolves.

Matthew 10:16

Persecution Will Come

16 ^s“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be ^twise as serpents and ^uinnocent as doves.

Acts 20:29

29 I ^vknow that after my departure ^wfierce wolves will come in among you, ^xnot sparing the flock;